The ports of Seattle and Tacoma directly support $5.9 billion in business revenue and $1.9 billion in labor income annually, according to a Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) on the benefits of marine ...
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North Carolina’s Morehead City and Wilmington ports contribute approximately $15.4 billion annually to the state’s economy, according to a 2018 Economic Impact Study. The Port of Morehead City...
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Ferries in Washington state carried nearly 25 million passengers last year, the highest level since 2002 and a more than 225,000 increase from 2017. The number of vehicles increased 1.1 percent to...
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The Port of Seattle’s 2019-2023 budget blueprint invests in the community and the environment and advances more than 20 key maritime and economic development projects. The Northwest Seaport Alli...
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A coalition of nine members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) has announced a plan to design a new regional low-carbon transportation policy, which would cap and reduce carbon emissio...
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Illinois Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker and Lieutenant Governor-elect Juliana Stratton recently created the transition team’s Restoring Illinois’ Infrastructure Committee. The 45-member committee...
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This Thanksgiving, 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home, AAA forecasts, reflecting a 4.8 percent jump from last year and the highest travel volume since 2005. AAA defi...
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The Port of Los Angeles is planning a $34 million on-dock rail yard expansion project designed to improve the flow of cargo at the Terminal Island Railyard. The project also will reduce congestion ...
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Governmental approval of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 signals the Port of Virginia’s Wider, Deeper, Safer project has secured full federal authorization. President Trump's sig...
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Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) executive director, recently spoke at the Brunswick State of the Port, outlining the success of fiscal year 2018, which ended in June. The port’s achiev...
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A proposed fee increase on harbor pilot services at Port Everglades will raise the average pilotage costs for shipping lines that use the port frequently by more than 100 percent, according to an anal...
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In the first nine months of 2018, the Port of Corpus Christi has set a new record for tonnage moved, shifting around 79.3 million tons and heavily surpassing the former tonnage record. The previous...
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The first contemporary riverboat in the United States, American Song, left the Port of New Orleans (NOLA) Oct. 6 on its inaugural cruise of the Mississippi River. The boat is the flagship for Ameri...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will make available more than $63.9 billion in multimodal discretionary and formula transportation investments by the end of fiscal year 2018. DOT will ...
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Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) executive director, recently outlined GPA’s $2.5 billion, 10-year plan to expand the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal’s capacity from 5.5 millio...
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Crowley LOGISTICS, the ocean liner and logistics supply chain division of Crowley Maritime Corp., recently opened a walk-up retail shipping service center within the company’s expanded warehouse in ...
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A report recently conducted by Minnesota's Duluth Seaway Port Authority detailed the Port of Duluth-Superior’s robust fiscal impact, showing that the port generated $1.4 billion in economic activity...
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Looking to cut down on truck mileage on highways and better support local logistics, Georgia has opened a new inland terminal in its northwest territory, known as the Appalachian Regional Port (ARP). ...
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The Maritime Administration (MARAD) will establish a new, dedicated Gateway office in Paducah, Kentucky, with an overarching goal of addressing transportation congestion relief and improving freight a...
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Global logistics company XPO Logistics has opened its first Canadian hub for last mile distribution, noting the 50,000 square-feet, Toronto-based facility would be staffed by 70 employees to serve cus...
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