Local Leaders Celebrate Official Opening of Citizens Bank Regional Maritime Training Center New Southwest Philadelphia facility offers enhanced training opportunities to thousands in maritime industry via Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Philadelphia, October 3, 2019 — Local leaders, including Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, joined Citizens Bank, the Collegiate Consortium [...]
PhilaPort Breaks Ground on New On-Dock Forest Products Warehouse Tioga Marine Terminal Makes Space for New Customers Philadelphia, September 11, 2019 — PhilaPort recently broke ground on a new $12 million warehouse at its Tioga Marine Terminal (TMT). The 100,000 sq. ft. on-dock warehouse will have unique features [...]
NEW! 'The Philly Advantage' [VIDEO] Philadelphia, June 20, 2019 — With so much growth and development occurring at The Port of Philadelphia, we are excited to release our new promotional video. This short, 3 ½-minute video captures the spirit and energy of the Port as we implement our current and [...]
PhilaPort Receives Second Wave of Super Post-Panamax Cranes Philadelphia, March 27, 2019 — PhilaPort received two more super post-Panamax cranes early this morning to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. After an overnight transit up the Delaware River, the cranes arrived seamlessly approximately 3:45 A.M. The cranes are identical to the [...]
Ship carrying two new PhilaPort container cranes to arrive Wednesday at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Philadelphia, March 26, 2019 — If you live in the Delaware Bay area, you have caught a glance in the distance of a monstrous structure floating in the bay. Suspicions have been flying on social media [...]
Port of Philadelphia Supports Strategic Pipeline Development Philadelphia, March 22, 2019 — Last month the M/V Clipper Kamoshio arrived at PhilaPort’s Tioga Marine Terminal carrying 10,996 pipes bound for the Shell Falcon Pipeline located in western Pennsylvania. It took 10 days to discharge the 8,804 metric tons of cargo. 23 pipes per [...]
PhilaPort Announces Addition to Leadership Team Philadelphia, March 19, 2019 — PhilaPort, announced that Colette Pete, Esquire has agreed to join PhilaPort as its Chief Counsel effective March 18th. Pete comes to PhilaPort after a distinguished career with the Philadelphia Gas Works – the nation’s largest municipally owned natural gas [...]
Philadelphia Welcomes First Import of Argentine Beef into US in Over 17 Years Plaque Presentation with Argentine Ambassador Held to Mark Occasion Philadelphia, March 4, 2019 — On Friday, March 1, representatives from Holt Logistics and PhilaPort joined with officials from the Embassy of Argentina in the US to welcome the [...]
Inbound Infrastructure! PhilaPort’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal poised for record-breaking 2019 Zero congestion and increased capacity means fewer delays and minimal demurrage fees Philadelphia PA, February 1, 2019 — On January 8, 2019, the M/V Zhen Hua 25 departed Shanghai, China with two new super post-Panamax container cranes bound for [...]
Delaware River deepening: 30 years and 16 million cubic yards of sand, muck and rock later via philly.com Philadelphia, December 27, 2018 — Steve Castillo (pictured, below) reclined in a vinyl seat in the cramped cockpit of the New York, a 3,400-horsepower monster dredge, manipulating controls that extended the vessel’s [...]
