Texas Legislature is trying to limit economic diversity at Port of Houston. (Corpus Christi: house)

[Jack Lance]

There are other Ports in Texas that can handle oil and gas exports , Port Arthur , Brazosport, Corpus Christi, and even Brownsville. There is only one port in Texas that can handle these large container ships and that is the Port Of Houston.

But our state oil groupies have decided to risk pushing container business out of state to solve a problem that will solve itself when the Houston Pilots start to feel experienced enough to allow for 2 way traffic in the Channel, which they did just last month, and the ultimate solution is to widen the Houston ship channel. There are plans in motion now to do just that in the next 2 years.

In the mean time your state government is hard at work to screw up years of planning and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment at the Port of Houston...…..

"The state House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would add hurdles for massive container ships entering the Houston Ship Channel, an action that analysts and logistics companies say could discourage the ships from calling on the Port of Houston, disrupt business supply chains and raise prices for consumers.

The bill, expected to get final Senate approval and head to the desk of Governor Greg Abbott, is a win for energy companies that feared congestion caused by the 1,100-foot-plus-long container ships would constrict exports of crude oil, chemicals and other petroleum products. The energy companies have tangled with shipping companies for months over access to the channel, bringing their case to the Port of Houston Authority, which adopted local rules to try to find a compromise between the competing interests.

The Port Authority has spent hundreds of millions of dollars since the early 2000s to prepare for the huge container ships coming across the Atlantic from Europe and through the Panama Canal from Asia, installing bigger cranes, reinforcing docks and deepening and widening channels. But if shipping lines find the legislation makes it too difficult to do business in Houston, they could send their container ships elsewhere, shifting to ports in New Orleans, Savannah or California and disrupting local supply chains."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...tent=headlines

[hbcu]

I thought that was the purpose to expand now you want to waste years of work for self interests and downright greed?

Make you wonder the plan after all - who got paid to dredge?

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by hbcu

I thought that was the purpose to expand now you want to waste years of work for self interests and downright greed?

Make you wonder the plan after all - who got paid to dredge?

That investment is from bonds approved by Harris County Voters along with Federal funds. This is a direct attack on Harris County Tax Payers by the State of Texas...

Hopefully the Feds will pull rank and tell them (state of Texas) that only the Coast Guard can make such decisions on Federally maintained waterways...