Center for Ports & Waterways

Texas A&M Transportation Institute
701 N. Post Oak Road
Room 43016
Houston, TX 77024
(713) 613-9210
[email protected]

Mr. Kruse is the director of the Center for Ports and Waterways at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), a position he has held since 2002. He is responsible for research involving waterborne freight transportation and its multimodal connections.

Mr. Kruse served in a senior executive capacity for nine years at the Port of Brownsville, Texas (1988–1997)—with eight years as port director—where he led a successful effort to acquire a Presidential Permit for an international bridge. Following his service at the Port of Brownsville, Mr. Kruse worked five years as a regional program manager for Foster Wheeler Environmental’s Ports, Harbors and 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 is a board member of the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition. Additionally, he served as the Marine Group Chair for the Transportation Research Board (2018-2021) and served two terms as member of the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Committee (2015-2021). He chaired the Transportation Research Board’s Consensus Study Committee on Best Practices for the Efficient Supply of Chassis for Transporting Intermodal Container. Mr. Kruse is also on the Board of Directors for the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition.