Kerrick Henny Joins Port Houston Leadership Team, Named Chief Government and Public Relations Officer

Kerrick Henny Joins Port Houston Leadership Team, Named Chief Government and Public Relations Officer

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Port Houston’s Executive Director, Roger Guenther, has officially announced the appointment of Kerrick Henny as the new Chief Government & Public Relations Officer. In this newly-created role, Henny reports directly to the Executive Director. Henny has responsibility for all government relations, media, and public communications strategies and activities.  In the…

Texas Central Railroad Reaches Two Historic Milestones

Texas Central Railroad Reaches Two Historic Milestones

Completion of key regulatory processes makes the Nation’s first high-speed train ready to go Texas Central News The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released the final Rule of Particular Applicability (RPA) and the Record of Decision (ROD) for Texas Central Railroad, LLC, marking a major achievement for the historic high-speed rail…

PORT HOUSTON CHAIRMAN DELIVERS STATE OF THE PORT

PORT HOUSTON CHAIRMAN DELIVERS STATE OF THE PORT

The Port Remains Strong, Looks Ahead to Future, Diversity and Inclusion Priorities Port Houston News Port Houston Chairman Ric Campo delivered the State of the Port to the Greater Houston Partnership earlier this month. In his address, he said the entire port complex continues to be a strong force for the Houston region, the state,…

DART Rail Generates $10.27 Billion Near Rail Stations

DART Rail Generates $10.27 Billion Near Rail Stations

A new study looking at construction near Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stations shows just how productive and important it is to the overall North Texas economy, generating billions of dollars in revenue, taxes and jobs. Researchers from the Economics Research Group at the University of North Texas (UNT), led by Michael Carroll,…

VIA Board Takes Action to Address Opportunity Gap Caused by Underfunding

VIA Board Takes Action to Address Opportunity Gap Caused by Underfunding

The VIA Board of Trustees took action Tuesday to create a path toward addressing VIA’s history of underfunding and redesign the regional transit system for a post-COVID-19 future. Advanced Transportation District Board members, who also serve as the VIA Board, agreed to table the notice to the City of San Antonio and Bexar County of…

Environmental Impact Statement Advances Texas High-Speed Train Project

Environmental Impact Statement Advances Texas High-Speed Train Project

On May 29, 2020, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Texas High-Speed Train project, a regulatory milestone that ensures the state-of-the-art system will be built in a way that minimizes impacts to landowners and the environment along the 240-mile alignment. The release of this more than 10,000-page…

Port Houston Successfully Managing through Pandemic – Keeping People First

Port Houston Successfully Managing through Pandemic – Keeping People First

Standing for Social Justice, Economic Equality, Community Partnerships The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in virtual session Tuesday for its regular monthly meeting. Port Chairman Ric Campo opened his remarks by declaring that events surrounding the pandemic and social injustice were a “wake up call,” and committed Port Houston to “double…

Port Houston Achieves Security Management System ISO 28000 Recertification Continuing Long Commitment to Security

Port Houston Achieves Security Management System ISO 28000 Recertification Continuing Long Commitment to Security

Port Houston, the largest port on the U.S. Gulf Coast, recently obtained its ISO 28000 recertification for its Security Management System (SMS) for the fifth time. This exceptional achievement was accomplished without any non-conformances. Port Houston in 2008 became the first port authority in the world to receive this international security designation, which outlines stringent…

Container Activity Slowing at Port Houston First-Quarter Volume Still Up

Container Activity Slowing at Port Houston First-Quarter Volume Still Up

Container activity at Port Houston, the largest container port on the United States Gulf Coast, began slowing in late March as expected as the coronavirus outbreak continued to threaten countries across the globe, including the U.S. Port Houston handled a total of 248,280 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) in March, a drop of 11 percent compared to…

Texas’ Thirteenth Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Texas Central

On the heels of a four-year long court battle, the Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas has ruled in favor of Texas Central, holding that it is both a railroad company and interurban electric railway. This legal process stems from landowners along the proposed route in Leon County who argued that the Texas Central project…

METRO’s Smart Project Management Means Major Financial Boost from Feds

METRO’s Smart Project Management Means Major Financial Boost from Feds

The federal government is rewarding METRO and the Houston region with up to $18.5 million in grant money for construction of a new transit center. The money was originally part of the financing for the METRORail Northline extension.  When that project was completed early and significantly under budget, METRO sought to utilize those savings for…

MILESTONE: First Look at the interior layout of the Texas High-Speed Train

MILESTONE: First Look at the interior layout of the Texas High-Speed Train

Times are changing for travelers moving between Texas’ two largest regions, Houston and North Texas. What was once either a tireless slog or a hurry-up-to-slow-down frisking is being replaced by the best travel experience the world has to offer.   In short, nothing that exists today in the United States can come close to matching the…

First African-American woman appointed to Port of Houston Authority board

Mayor Turner and City Council approved historic nomination   HOUSTON – Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Houston City Council voted yesterday to approve the nomination of Cheryl Creuzot to serve as a member of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority. Creuzot, a highly respected business and civic leader, will be the first…

Houston’s Hobby Airport Starts 2020 With New Airline, Maintenance Facility

Houston’s Hobby Airport Starts 2020 With New Airline, Maintenance Facility

Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport is marking the start of the new year with a couple of big announcements. Earlier this week, Allegiant announced it added Houston as one of a few cities it’ll begin serving in 2020. According to its press release, the new seasonal nonstop routes from Hobby Airport include Knoxville, TN, Asheville, NC, Savannah,…