The Hague-based APM Terminals, part of Denmark-based Maersk Group, is shutting down its Houston operations earlier than expected, affecting 109 jobs.
The closure will affect 23 nonunion jobs and 86 union jobs, though the letter did not specify which union represents APM’s Houston employees.
Meanwhile, the Port of Houston has been home to a flurry of real estate activity lately.
Energy giants like Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. have been spending billions to build and expand facilities on the Houston Ship Channel in recent years. Last month, a vacant 200,000-square-foot industrial building near the port was fully leased less than a month after it sold.