Hampton Roads is America’s biggest coal-exporting port. And coal exports are booming.

Coal exports in Hampton Roads, the nation’s biggest coal-exporting port, are collectively still on a roll. For the first quarter of 2018, Hampton Roads shipped 10.3 million tons of coal, a 16 percent increase from 8.9 million tons in the same period a year ago, according to data from Norfolk-based T. Parker Host Inc., the […]

On April 26, 2018

Metallurgical coal exports up double-digits in 2017

Not every part of the coal industry is hurting. While thermal coal has seen better days, metallurgical coal — the kind used in the steel-making process — has seen a strong uptick in production and sales. The boost in metallurgical coal is due in large part to the amount of exports, which jumped 35 percent […]

On April 24, 2018

Port of South Louisiana Posts Record Tonnage Numbers

The Port of South Louisiana may not be the busiest container port in the U.S., but it is easily the nation’s busiest by tonnage. The port ranks above the ports of Houston, New York/New Jersey, New Orleans, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Long Beach, Greater Baton Rouge, Los Angeles, and Mobile for sheer weight of cargo handling. […]

On January 25, 2018

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