Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said $1 billion is available to the nation’s infrastructure upgrade effort. Officials recently issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) via the B...
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Legislation recently reintroduced in the U.S. House would support our national freight mobility network through investments in critical freight infrastructure. The Freight Infrastructure Reinvestme...
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Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said the agency, via its Maritime Administration (MARAD), has awarded more than $280 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastruc...
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As public spending on infrastructure declines, America will underinvest in its infrastructure by an estimated more than $2 trillion between 2016-2025, a new report from the American Society of Civil E...
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has established the state’s Marine Highway Reshaping Work Group to make recommendations regarding future finance and service levels for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AM...
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently led efforts to finalize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, noting the bill is essential to Americans and the nation’s economy. Reps. Pete...
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A project run by the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) at Honolulu Harbor is entering its second phase, progressing the largest capital improvement project in Hawaii’s history. Known as ...
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The Port of Corpus Christi’s new dock recently received its first shipment of crude oil. The new dock, located in the port’s Inner Harbor, received the delivery from EPIC Midstream. “With...
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International inbound travel to the United States is forecasted to grow at 2.4 percent annually through 2023, which is half of the global travel rate of 4.8 percent, according to the U.S. Travel Assoc...
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The Port of Virginia contributed $92.1 million in spending to the state and $39.3 billion in Gross State Product during fiscal year 2018, according to a College of William & Mary study. The Port al...
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New York state plans to invest $15 million in the Central New York Agriculture Export Center at the Port of Oswego. The funding is part of a $65 million investment in the state's upstate ports to...
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The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) seeks input for the latest iteration of its four-year, multimodal program, the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The STI...
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced last week a $14 billion plan to improve the state’s roads and bridges over the next decade, as well as $7 billion to improve its public transit system. Conge...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation Monday that ensures funds intended for harbor maintenance are used for that purpose. The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund makes it easie...
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Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, published an open letter to Congress this week urging passage of H.R. 2440 -- a bill that would reform the Harbor ...
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Washington State Ferries intends to convert the state’s three largest ferries from diesel to hybrid electric propulsion systems, thanks to $35 million in funds acquired from the environmental mitiga...
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A new draft of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Major Rehabilitation Evaluation Report on the Cape Cod Canal Bridges earned praise from Massachusetts legislators last week. The report concluded th...
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The New York Department of Transportation, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and Empire State Development are seeking proposals for prequalification from port operators and...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation $6 million in funding to build a visitors’ center at the U.S. Eisenhower Lock in Massena, N.Y...
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In the wake of its busiest month yet for containerized trade, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has called on private interests to join and expand the market for the state. The data shows that GPA ...
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