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As freight shipping prices fall on weak global demand, Asia-based sailings are being cancelled and that's becoming a problem for US ports including Long Beach.

A disabled veteran who served in both the Army and Navy and was injured in a 2007 training exercise, has filed lawsuits against the City of Pearland and the Port of Houston.

Episode: 2282 In which the Gokstad Viking ship tells its story.  Today, the Gokstad ship.

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The $1 billion expansion project will be the 11th major improvement project the Houston Ship Channel has undergone in its more than 150-year history as a commercial waterway, Congressman Al Green’s Office said in a news release Wednesday.

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher announced Thursday that the Port of Houston will receive $142,515,000 in new funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Greenpeace paid $58,450 in criminal restitution to five local police and firefighter agencies as part of a plea agreement with 25 defendants, who executed a “takeover” of the Fred Hartman Bridge, closing the Port of Houston for approximately 24 hours in September 2019, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.

The global supply chain backup is clogging the Port of Houston, but it's not as bad as the huge bottleneck at the Port of Los Angeles.

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A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nation-state hackers.

A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nation-state hackers.

A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nation-state hackers.

Two of the Port of Houston’s terminals are closed again Thursday after a hardware failure, authorities said.

The port commission voted to take steps to increase the number of underrepresented contractors. The Port of Houston is taking steps to increase the number of small businesses and those owned by women and minorities the port contracts with. It comes after the completion of an independent disparity study that shows women- and minority-owned businesses are grossly underrepresented in the port's procurement process. The port commission this week authorized staff to work on next steps. Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis praised the port for commissioning the study, saying the port's is similar to the county's contracting disparity.

Update 2:50 p.m. Harris County Public Health is reporting the first COVID-19 related death of a resident in Harris County (outside the City of Houston). The man, between the ages of 80-90 years old, was a resident at a nursing home in the northwest quadrant of Harris County. This was accompanied by Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt's declaration of a Public Health Disaster for the state. The other points of Abbott's executive order closing bars and clubs and banning dine-in service at restaurants echo what Houston, Harris County and Fort Bend County are already doing. The ILA worker had worked at both container terminals, said Ric Campo, chairman of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority.

Total ClosureSouthbound Connector Ramp to US-59 southboundStarting nightly on Friday from 9 p.m. - 5 a.m, through Monday, Oct. 21. Northbound from Port of Houston to Turning BasinThere will be three alternate lanes. Starting nightly on Friday from 9 p.m. - 5 a.m., through the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 22. Westbound Gessner to Gulf BankThere will be three right lanes. The closer includes tolled entrance ramps: Gessner, Fallbrook & WestClosures will begin Friday at 10 p.m. and last until Monday at 5 a.m.HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If you're heading out with friends and family to enjoy some rare, but wonderful, fall weather, don't let construction closures slow your drive, especially in the overnight and early morning hours.From east to west, the 610 Loop will undergo some big closures this weekend.Here are some of the most significant closures for Oct. 18 through 21.

Total ClosureSouthbound Connector Ramp to US-59 southboundStarting nightly on Friday from 9 p.m. - 5 a.m, through Monday, Oct. 21. Northbound from Port of Houston to Turning BasinThere will be three alternate lanes. Starting nightly on Friday from 9 p.m. - 5 a.m., through the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 22. Westbound Gessner to Gulf BankThere will be three right lanes. The closer includes tolled entrance ramps: Gessner, Fallbrook & WestClosures will begin Friday at 10 p.m. and last until Monday at 5 a.m.HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- If you're heading out with friends and family to enjoy some rare, but wonderful, fall weather, don't let construction closures slow your drive, especially in the overnight and early morning hours.From east to west, the 610 Loop will undergo some big closures this weekend.Here are some of the most significant closures for Oct. 18 through 21.

EMBED >More News Videos ABC13 film of the Port of Houston in 1964HOUSTON, Texas -- ABC13 recently discovered a 700-foot reel of 16mm film labeled as "Port of Houston special," shot in 1964.There is no audio on the film so we don't know what the special was for, but we speculate that it was for the 50th anniversary of the Port of Houston, which opened on November 10, 1914.In addition to some incredible shots of the port, there is also a shot of the Astrodome, which would have been near completion.