Accommodating both sides poses a challenge for Port Houston, which has grown thanks to its hometown energy industry but has recently invested hundreds of millions in new infrastructure to attract the potentially more lucrative larger container ships. Houston is the largest U.S. port for energy exports, and exports of oil and byproducts such as natural-gas liquids are booming now that the U.S. is pumping crude at an record of more than 11 million barrels a day. In contrast to the energy exports, some of the container ships are unloaded by the port, bringing it substantial revenues. “We don’t want to have the port’s biggest business pushed aside for the sake of container vessels,” said Vincent J. Di Cosimo, a senior vice president at Targa Resources Corp., one of the country’s largest providers of natural gas and gas liquids, which is a member of the coalition. The group, known as […]