Happy Monday! Welcome to another week of ESC News Blog! It was another beautiful sunny day in the city!
You know we love a
follow-up! We haven’t really heard much
on one of our previous Blogs since January 2023, when the Port of Corpus
Christi announced the awardee of the final phase of the Corpus Christi
Channel Improvement Project (CIP) and the expected completion date of 2025. Well,
the wait is over!
Did anyone see
the Port of Corpus Christi announcement on June 2, 2025, it was titled,
“Port of Corpus Christi Completes Milestone Ship Channel Improvement Project,
Reinforcing U.S. as Leader in Energy Exports”? In the press release, they speak of a celebration
which happened for the end of Corpus Christi Channel Improvement Project (CIP). The project has finished the channel
improvement which lowered the channel to 54 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW)
from 47 feet, in addition the channel was broadened from 400 to 530 feet with extra
barge shelves to allow for larger vessels to come into port. CIP started construction in 2017 and the
final cost was $625 million. CIP
was a public-private partnership which shows what happens when we work together
for a common goal. The investment made
on this project has made the Port of Corpus Christi the primary United
States crude oil export portal to the world as well as making it the third
biggest crude port around the world by it exporting 2.4 million barrels a
day. In addition, the improvements have helped
it move to the #2 position in the U.S. for liquified natural gas (LNG)
exporting ports. We wish the Port of
Corpus Christi much continued success!
If you would like to read more of the Port of Corpus Christi’s
announcement, please click the link: Port of Corpus Christi Completes Milestone Ship Channel Improvement Project, Reinforcing U.S. as Leader in Energy Exports - Port of Corpus Christi.
If you would
like help in looking into how to transport your product efficiently and with
less of a carbon footprint, contact us via the email in the Blog and check out
our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great week!
**Disclaimer: Please see the Port of Corpus Christi Press
Release for specifics. **