Corpus Christi Bets on Nuclear to Revive US Maritime Dominance

The Port of Corpus Christi, the United States’ undisputed king of petroleum exports, has doubled down on its energy dominance, this time with a nuclear twist. In a memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday, the Texas port joined forces with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to test small modular reactors (SMRs) for maritime applications, a move framed as both a decarbonisation play and a bid to ‘restore America’s maritime dominance’. The deal, inked by Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and MARAD Administrator Stephen M. Carmel, positions Corpus Christi, as the nation’s…

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