Four Ports: Four Aces
October 12, 2021
By Michael D. White, author and freelance writer
PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY
Port Houston has come a long way since 1956, when it became the first port in the nation’s history to receive a containerized cargo shipment—56 containers carried from New York aboard the converted tanker Ideal-X.
Spread along the Houston Ship Channel, the Port Houston’s 25-mile-long diversified complex of nearly 200 private and public industrial terminals lie just a few hours from the Gulf of Mexico and the world.
Last year, the largest port on ...
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