Charlie Jenkins is Vice President, Strategic Planning, Port of Houston Authority. He was formerly Director of the Planning and Environment Division, which he launched in 2004. He directs PHA's long-term financial and strategic planning, capital development programs, facility planning and environment prgorams. Additionally, he serves as PHA's representative for the Houston Ship Channel industry groups and serves on the boards of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, the Port Terminal Railroad Association and the Greater Houston Port Bureau.
Jenkins has served the Port of Houston since 1990 in various capacities, including as Project Manager for PHA's Bayport Container and Cruise Terminal. As Project Manager, Jenkins managed the internal and external engineering, environmental, legal, permit and real estate project teams for the $1.2 billion expansion of the Port of Houston. PHA celebrated the groundbreaking for Bayport Phase 1A on June 21, 2004.
Built out in phases over the next 20 years to meet market demand, Bayport will have enough space for seven container ships and a 378-acre container storage yard. It will have a maximum capacity of about 2.3 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units, the standard of measurement in the maritime shipping industry), representing a 200 percent increase in container-handling capacity.
Jenkins is a 1989 honors graduate of Texas A&M University in Galveston, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Sciences. He received a Master of Business Administration degree with honors from the University of Houston's C.T. Bauer College of Business in May 2004. Jenkins lives with his family in the Clear Lake area.
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