Seatrade Maritime: Port of Corpus Christi posts 2025 volume decline

The Port of Corpus Christi volumes in 2025, declined marginally by 1.5% to 203.4 million tonnes compared to 206.5 million tonnes in 2024. 

Last year, LNG exports grew by 15.4% to 18.6 million tonnes, but crude oil shipments decreased 2.3% over 2024 to 127.4 million tonnes, while dry bulk and agricultural goods decreased 2.5% and 54% respectively. US agricultural exports were hard hit by the tariff war with China.

In 2025, the Port marked the completion of the historic Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). 

The unprecedented four-phase CIP was conceived more than three decades ago as a massive undertaking to enhance navigational infrastructure – ultimately deepening the ship channel from 14.32m to 16.45m (Mean Lower Low Water) and widening it from 121.9 metres to 161.5 metres with additional barge shelves – to accommodate the growing demand for larger vessels needed by port customers. 

The Port remains committed to investing in infrastructure upgrades as it maintains its critical role as the non-federal sponsor of the CIP.

Since 2015, the Port of Corpus Christi, the leading US energy export gateway and major economic engine of Texas and the US, has invested $1 billion in capital projects, strengthening regional infrastructure and positioning the Port for continued growth and global competitiveness.