The ship channel covers a huge part of Eastern Houston, stretching from nearly downtown, to the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston. The channel is 530 feet wide by 45 feet deep, allowing ships to pass one another, but with as much traffic as Houston receives, the port is currently being widened in what’s called Project 11,…
Randy Giveans from Navigator Gas will cover the rules and regulations for maritime ESG. Anuj Chopra with ESG Plus will discuss implementation.
In February of 2022, the Houston Maritime Center and UTC Overseas welcomed Former Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, into our gallery for a reception and award presentation for Dr. Moniz’s efforts in the maritime energy transition. Dr. Moniz enjoyed a brief tour of our gallery, finding interest, especially in several models that reminded him…
companies are reducing carbon, new technologies in the industry, what innovations we expect to see in the near future, and what we hope the maritime industry will look like by 2050.
Margaret Kidd, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain & Logistics Technology at the University of Houston, and Houston Maritime Center Board Member, discusses Supply Chain Disruption and how to manage shipping logistics issues and concerns.
The marine industry is in a state of continuous improvement, as it looks at various options to reduce and remove carbon from it’s fuel sources, driven by regulatory, social and financial pressures
This month’s lecture covers the exploits of the self-taught shipbuilders, Noah and Adam Brown, who over the course of the war of 1812 built everything from gunboats to ships of the line with nothing but hand-powered tools.
The port of Houston is the busiest port in vessel and barge movements and for the second year in the row, is the largest U.S. port by tonnage, with over 200 docks and 270 facilities. The port is also home to the largest petrochemical manufacturing complex in the nation and the largest Gulf Coast container port, handling 69% of the US Gulf Coast container traffic.
The Houston International Seafarers’ Centers are a “home away from home” for seafarers visiting the Port of Houston.
Pete Hames discusses his research on T2 tankers that helped win World War II.
