Captain's Corner

Welcome 2025! Last year was great for us and for our port community, and we’ll continue to be the voice of our port region. 

I want to start by saying thanks to all for such a wonderful evening honoring Jürgen Schröder at our 95th Maritime Dinner! We all know...

A year ago, I started with the Port Bureau. I had no idea how much I was going to love this job! The port community embraced me with open arms, and...

I can’t believe the first quarter of the year is gone and very soon we’ll be preparing for the 2024 Hurricane Season. As with every...

Happy 2024 to everyone! I hope you all had a great time over the holidays and were able to recharge for the year ahead. I had an awesome time...

We had our 94th Annual Maritime Dinner at the end of August, and it was a wonderful gathering of many friends of the Greater Houston Port Bureau. ...

On May 12, 2023, I retired from the U. S. Coast Guard with over 26 years of Active-Duty service. I spent half of that time within the Coast...

This is a saying I often said when we were moving in the Coast Guard. The kids thought it was a Coastie saying. When I decided to get out of the...

The great architect Frank Lloyd Wright was a visionary leader who was committed to his ideas. He felt the U.S. was unique and needed its...

On Aug. 31, the Battleship Texas left its home of 64 years for the second, and possibly last, time to traverse the Houston Ship Channel to dock at...

Years ago, I boarded the Coast Guard square-rigged sailing ship EAGLE as a cadet for a training cruise. It was my first experience at sea. It was...

March was a milestone month in the Diehl household.