Skip to content
Carl James Kruse

Carl James Kruse

Center Director
Center for Ports & Waterways
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 430
Houston, TX 77024
ph. (713) 686-2971 · fax (713) 686-5396
j-kruse@ttimail.tamu.edu

Short Biography

Mr. Kruse is the Director of the Center for Ports and Waterways at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), as well as the National Ports & Harbors Specialist for the Sea Grant Program. He is responsible for identifying research and extension needs in the port community and mobilizing resources to meet those needs.

He served in a senior executive capacity for nine years at the Port of Brownsville (1988-1997), Texas (eight years as port director). Following his service at the Port of Brownsville, Mr. Kruse worked as a Regional Program Manager for Foster Wheeler Environmental's Ports Harbors & Waterways Program and assisted on port-related projects around the country.

Mr. Kruse has acquired a strong transportation planning background, having served on numerous local, state, and national boards and task forces. He was an active participant in the development of long range plans for a seaport and airport in South Texas, he has worked on statewide issues in Texas, he has participated in border transportation organizations, and he has assisted ports from Corpus Christi to New York with planning and environmental issues. Mr. Kruse is bilingual (Spanish/English) and has worked on a number of projects in the Latin American region.

Professional Interests

Ports

Multimodal transportation

Intermodal transportation

Water transportation

Water traffic

Freight service

Freight handling

Freight traffic

Waterway facility operations

Freight security

Maritime industry

Port authorities

Harbors

Education

M.S., International Business and Human Resources, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas, 2000.

M.B.A., Accounting and Finance, University of Kansas, 1977.

B.A., Business Administration, Mid-America Nazarene University, 1975.

Experience

Center Director, Multimodal Freight Transportation, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2007 - Present.

National Ports & Harbor Specialist, Multimodal Freight Transportation, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2002 - August 2007.

Trainer, Kruse-Smith Consulting, Leawood, Kansas, 1999 - 2002.

Regional Program Manager, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, Houston, Texas, August 1997 - August 2002.

General Manager & Port Director, Port of Brownsville, Brownsville Navigation District, Brownsville, Texas, October 1988 - August 1997.

Manager, Consulting Division, Michael Jones & Co., P.C., Houston, Texas, September 1985 - October 1988.

V.P., Finance, The Tarrance Group, Houston, Texas, September 1980 - September 1985.

Senior Analyist, Arthur Anderson & Co., Mexico City, Mexico, July 1977 - September 1980.

Affiliations

Member, Countering Terrorism. Panel on Transportation.

Member, Transportation Research Board Committee on Ports and Channels.

Member, Countering Terrorism. Panel on Transportation, Marine Environment Task Force.

Member, American Association of Port Authorities, Harbors, Navigation and Environment Committee.

Board Member, National Waterways Conference.

Member, Cargo Handling Cooperative Program.

Member, Inland Waterway Intermodal Cooperative Program.

Member, Gulf Ports Association of the Americas.

Member, Texas Ports Association.

Selected Publications

C.J. Kruse, C.A. Morgan, N. Hutson. Potential Policies and Incentives to Encourage Movement of Containerized Freight on Texas Inland Waterways. 0-5937-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2009.

C.J. Kruse, N. Hutson, C.A. Morgan. Guidebook: Potential Policies and Incentives to Encourage Movement of Containerized Freight on Texas Waterways. 0-5937-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2009.

C.J. Kruse, J.C. Villa, D.H. Bierling, M.S. Terra, N. Hutson. Short Sea Shipping Initiatives and the Impacts on the Texas Transportation System. PSR. 0-5695-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2007.

C.J. Kruse, J.C. Villa, D.H. Bierling, M.S. Terra, N. Hutson. Short Sea Shipping Initiatives and the Impacts on the Texas Transportation System: Technical Report. SWUTC. 0-5695-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2007.

C.J. Kruse, A.A. Protopapa, L.E. Olson, D.H. Bierling. A Modal Comparison of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects on General Public: Final Report. TTI-2007-5. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2007.

C.J. Kruse, J.C. Villa, D.H. Bierling, J.M. Solari-Terra, P.-. Lorente. Container on Barge Market Analysis - Task 1. April 2006.

C.J. Kruse, D.H. Bierling. The Effect of the New Security Paradigm on Port Infrastructure Development and Finances. SWUTC. 167454. Southwest Region University Transportation Center, College Station, TX. October 2005.

Information About: