An experiment on a ship that steamed from the East Coast bound for Houston 50 years ago changed the world. The Ideal X left the Port of Newark April 26, 1956, carrying cargo in 58 shipping containers.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met on Thursday, October 27, for its regular monthly meeting. In his report to the Commission, Executive Director Roger ...

More than 2 million containers have moved across Port of Houston Authority docks this year, setting a traffic record for the huge shipping units that arrive daily laden with everything from toys and ...

Activity at Port Houston rose again in April, showing growth in containers and higher demand for steel, according to the company's release. Container activity at the port increased 25% year-over-year ...

Port Houston saw a surge in container exports in June, while crude oil exports rose at the Port of Corpus Christi. Port Houston handled 339,157 twenty-foot equivalent units in June, a 7% ...

Port Houston used cranes to lift a record 4,198 containers on or off the COSCO Boston ship at Barbours Cut, officials recently announced. Executive Director Roger Guenther said the number of ...

One of those 40-foot steel boxes integral to international trade is finding new life as a net-zero energy, zero-waste office space in Midtown. Eight solar panels provide electricity. An atmospheric ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. One of the biggest challenges to Port Houston operations is ...

Shipping container homes—modern, utilitarian, industrial chic—may be all over the design blogs and shelter magazines, but in Houston? Not so much. But if one fledgling developer has his way, there ...