Texas ports:<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">No known closures due to COVID-19. All ports are continuing normal operations.
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Galveston Wharves at the
Port of Galveston (Last updated 4/16).
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Port of Corpus Christi
(Last update 4/15)
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Port of Brownsville
(Last update 4/6)
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Port Freeport
(Last update 4/24)
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Other ports:<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Port of New York & New Jersey:
Normal operations. (Last update
4/23)
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Port of Los Angeles:<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
Normal operations. (Last update 4/23)
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Port of Long Beach:
Normal operations. (Last update
4/23)
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South Carolina Ports<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">:
Normal operations. (Last update 4/22)
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Georgia Ports Authority<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">:
Normal operations. (Last update 4/21)
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Port of New Orleans<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> (Port NOLA):
Normal operations. (Last update 4/23)
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Port of South Louisiana:<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
Normal operations. (Last update: 4/23)
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Port of Mobile<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">:
Normal operations. (Last update 4/6)
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Port of Virginia<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">:
Normal operations. Due to market conditions, Portsmouth Marine Terminal will close effective May 4, and services will be consolidated to the other terminals. (Last update 4/15)
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Federal/state/agency updates:<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">On a conference call with CISA Thursday, Damon Penn, Assistant Administrator of the Response Directorate made these comments:
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">There are 56 disaster declarations that they are responding to (50 states, 5 territories, 1 district).
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Due to the scale of the response, the current response is organized by task force, a departure from the usual way of organizing.
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The U.S. alone is consuming a year’s worth of the world’s PPE every 3 weeks. FEMA is working is inject about 19 million cloth face coverings into the market
for use by critical infrastructure workers who do not need medical-grade face coverings.
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">AirBridge has been helpful in accelerating PPE supply distribution that would normally be imported by ships. The first of the PPE shipments that were shipped
waterborne are due to arrive in the U.S. within the next week, so the supply of PPE should increase somewhat.
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Regarding hurricane season, it remains to be seen how or if FEMA would stand up an additional National Response Coordination Center. Usually disaster responses
are about managing resources, but right now, it is about managing shortages.
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Hobby School of Public Affairs at University of Houston published a study on the impact of the
U.S.-China trade wars on the Houston economy.
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Congress passed another
$484b stimulus bill yesterday, bringing the total stimulus amount to around $2.4 trillion.
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<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Texas Railroad Commission formed a
Blue Ribbon Task Force for Oil Economic Recovery to assist the industry in saving jobs and enabling operators to survive the downturn.
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Helpful COVID-19 links:<span-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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Greater Houston Port Bureau
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency
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Department of Transportation
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US Coast Guard
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US Coast Guard Sector
Houston-Galveston
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Department of Homeland
Security
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Centers for Disease Control
& Prevention
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Harris County Public Health
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Houston Emergency Operations
Center
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Lone Star Harbor Safety
Committee
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Small Business Administration
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U.S. Government/White
House
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State of Texas
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FEMA Rumor Control
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Transportation Security
Administration
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International Maritime
Organization