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Troubles ongoing in Houston, Beaumont Tropical Storm Imelda did a lot of damage to southeastern Texas last week, mostly in the form of major flooding. Shippers and carriers should expect at least minor delays to continue in this region as drivers will have to use secondary routes to get around...

Lone Star lament A weak trough of surface low pressure along the southeastern coast of Texas, paired with an upper-atmospheric low pressure system and abundant tropical moisture will will produce periods of showers and thunderstorms for the next 24 hours, through the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 18...

This article brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking The port of Houston is one of the fastest growing U.S. container ports, thanks in large part to increasing exports of petrochemicals from the region. Its challenge will be keeping the import side growing, and boosting Houston's ability to...

EIV Capital, a Houston firm that invests in energy businesses, recently helped raise $75 million in funding that will research turning dairy cattle's recycled cow manure into usable, clean energy products. The funding will be used by Amp Americas, a Chicago-based startup that is researching how to...

Dozens of cargo vessels are stuck waiting to enter and leave the Port of Houston while the port's ship channel remains partially closed in the aftermath of a major chemical spill. On May 10 two barges were struck by the 755-foot chemical tanker Genesis River, capsizing one of the barges and...

Oil prices are dropping and gasoline prices are rising because of Tropical Storm Harvey’s impact on Texas, when the two usually move in concert. Why the dramatic divergence? Harvey knocked out half the oil-refining capacity in Texas, which converts 30 percent of the nation’s crude, LPL...