U.S. to award $500 million to boost port infrastructure

U.S. to award $500 million to boost port infrastructure

(WASHINGTON) — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) has published a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for $500 million in fiscal year 2024 funding through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). Investments made under the PIDP focus on modernizing the nation’s coastal and inland waterway ports as well as strengthening its supply…
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Grant equity, icebreakers top Great Lakes ports agenda

Grant equity, icebreakers top Great Lakes ports agenda

(WASHINGTON) — At its winter meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, the American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) adopted the following policy agenda for 2024. AGLPA works to promote public policies that enhanced maritime commerce on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System. Distribute of port infrastructure grants equitably The Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) is the primary source…
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NYK to capture emissions from car carriers in California

NYK to capture emissions from car carriers in California

(TOKYO) — NYK has concluded an agreement with STAX Engineering, a U.S. company specializing in maritime emissions capture and control, to use its technology to recover exhaust gases from ships. NYK will recover exhaust emissions at berth from NYK-operated car carriers calling at ports in California starting in January 2025. The initiative is in response to the California Air Resources…
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Port NOLA container-on-barge service sets new record

Port NOLA container-on-barge service sets new record

(NEW ORLEANS) — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during 2023, the highest since starting the service in 2016 with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group. The partnership represents the largest container-on-barge network in the U.S. with connectivity to the nation’s heartland. Container-on-barge service moves containers by water rather…
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Congress finalizes funds for key Great Lakes interests

Congress finalizes funds for key Great Lakes interests

(WASHINGTON) — Five months after the beginning of the fiscal year, Congress unveiled its final spending plan for a handful of government agencies Sunday. These include programs of critical importance to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway maritime industry. How did we get here? As a reminder, the federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1 and ends on Sept. 30 of…
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Port of Long Beach dedicates new fireboat stations

Port of Long Beach dedicates new fireboat stations

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Officials on Friday dedicated two new Port of Long Beach fireboat stations that are greatly enhancing the Long Beach Fire Department’s waterside and landside emergency response capabilities, better safeguarding visiting ships, cargo and waterfront workers. The facilities – Fireboat Station 15 and Fireboat Station 20 – are the products of a $109 million Port of Long…
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U.S. launches $3 billion program to cut port pollution

U.S. launches $3 billion program to cut port pollution

(WASHINGTON) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday announced the launch of the $3 billion Clean Ports Program to fund zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure to tackle the climate crisis and improve air quality at U.S. ports. The funding opportunities were created under the Inflation Reduction Act – the largest climate investment in history – and will advance environmental…
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MarAd alert: Potential port equipment vulnerabilities

MarAd alert: Potential port equipment vulnerabilities

(WASHINGTON) — This advisory from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) seeks to alert maritime stakeholders of potential vulnerabilities to maritime port equipment, networks, operating systems, software and infrastructure. Foreign companies manufacture, install and maintain port equipment that creates vulnerabilities to global maritime infrastructure information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. In the past few years, the U.S. government has…
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January cargo, imports up sharply at Port of Long Beach

January cargo, imports up sharply at Port of Long Beach

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach rose in January as retailers stocked up ahead of lunar new year, when East Asian factories typically close for up to two weeks. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 674,015 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last month, up 17.5 percent from January 2023. Imports increased 23.5 percent to 325,339 TEUs…
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Shippers investing $120 million into Great Lakes fleet

Shippers investing $120 million into Great Lakes fleet

(CLEVELAND) — The annual process of maintaining the U.S.-flagged fleet of “lakers” on the Great Lakes began in mid-January after the navigational locks connecting Lake Superior to the lower lakes closed for repairs. U.S. companies will invest more than $120 million into their vessels, bringing skilled labor to shipyards and repair facilities around the Great Lakes states. The state receiving…
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