All Port Houston terminals will remain closed Sept. 14 due to the continued effects of Hurricane Nicholas, including widespread power outages, the country’s largest port for steel imports said in a statement. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Vessel operations at the port were expected to resume at 7 pm on Sept. 14, with normal operations resumed by Sept. 15, the port said. Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near the eastern part of the Matagorda Peninsula at about 1:30 am EDT on Sept. 14. Port Houston is the US’ busiest steel port with a total 3.9 million st of steel products imported through Houston/Galveston in 2020, according to data from the American Iron and Steel Institute.