MAY 2026 
GULF COAST PORTS
GULF COAST PORTS 
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Roll-on/roll-off, project and military cargo activities are propelling sustained growth at the Port of Beaumont 
on Southeast Texas’ Sabine-Neches Waterway.
Port Houston’s Bayport Container Terminal bustles with activity, combining 
with Barbours Cut to handle three-fourths of U.S. Gulf box traffic.
Ranking No. 5 among 
U.S. ports in annual tonnage 
handled, the Port of Beaumont 
is enjoying sustained growth 
across such key sectors as 
breakbulk, bulk, energy and 
roll-on/roll-off cargos. The 
Southeast Texas port’s pri-
mary commodities include 
military equipment, project 
cargo, 
cement, 
aggregate, 
petroleum products and Bra-
zilian eucalyptus pulp, with 
recent 
diversification 
into 
cleaner energy options further 
broadening market scope. 
Port Houston
Building upon its long-
time No. 1 rank among U.S. 
ports in total waterborne ton-
nage, Port Houston has 45 
projects, totaling $365 million 
in value, in its 2026 infrastruc-
ture plan. Initiatives include 
construction of a new Bayport 
Container Terminal wharf, 
rehabilitation of two wharves 
at Barbours Cut Container 
Terminal, additional mainte-
nance facilities and the first 
phase of a new Bayport access 
tion added another 1,000 feet 
of berth space.
In partnership with the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers, Port Houston last 
fall completed its portion of 
the Houston Ship Channel 
Expansion, bringing depths 
of as many as 46.5 feet 
plus significant widening to 
accommodate safe two-way 
vessel movement.
Port of Galveston
At the entrance to Gal-
veston Bay and the Houston 
Ship Channel, 45 minutes 
from open seas, the Port of 
Galveston 
plans 
summer 
celebration of completion of 
its $106 million cargo infra-
structure initiative, funded 
with port revenues – much 
generated by dynamic cruise 
business – and a $36 million 
state grant. 
Work to facilitate 30 acres 
of additional cargo-handling 
space at the West Port Cargo 
Complex was completed in 
April, with some 400,000 
cubic yards of soil filling in 
the slip at Pier 38-39 after 
retaining wall construction. 
The enhanced infrastructure 
features a 1,434-foot-long berth. 
Paving of the filled area is to 
begin in less than two years, 
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road. The two box terminals 
combine to handle nearly 
three-quarters of all contain-
erized cargo moving through 
the U.S. Gulf.
In March, Port Houston 
completed delivery of 16 new 
rubber-tired gantries, bring-
ing to 163 units the total RTG 
fleet at its container terminals. 
And, in late April, the port was 
awarded a $48 million federal 
grant, to be augmented by $56 
million in matching funds, to 
build a new container yard and 
exit gate at Bayport, where 
last year’s Wharf 7 comple-
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