Tide of Steel Overwhelming Port of Houston

The Port of Houston warehouses are overflowing with steel. Steel Market Update spoke with a warehouse manager in the area who said “stevedore warehouses and various public warehouse facilities are brimming with materials, both inside and outside storage.”

Some warehouses have had to turn away longstanding import customers for inside storage material such as steel coil, specialty metals and other weather sensitive steel products. The congestion is highest in Houston but increased tonnage has also been seen in Savannah and other ports due to “new business coupled with increases in tonnage from existing customers.”