On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state would invest $9.5 million to help SeaPort Manatee recover from Hurricane Milton. The seaport is the primary deep-water seaport in Southwest...
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The Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently selected the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to be secretariat of the U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation. ABS will establish and maintain the cente...
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The Texas Transportation Commission said on Oct. 3 it approved historic levels of funding for ship channel improvement projects in that state. The commission approved the $400 million for Ship Channe...
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On Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of the M/V Dali for damages the state incurred during the collapse of ...
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On Friday, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5), Dwight Evans (D-PA-3), and Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2) announced the Philadelphia Regional Port Au...
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Washington State Ferries (WSF), the largest ferry system in the United States, recently provided an update on M/V Wenatchee upgrades. In September 2023, WSF awarded Vigor, an Oregon-based shipbuild...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a claim in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the owners and operators of the motor vessel DALI, the container ship that hit the ...
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently issuing $1.5 million in emergency and short-term funding to the San Juan Islands to restore critical ferry transportation networks. A total of $1 million will co...
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On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced it had awarded nearly $300 million in grants to help 14 states to modernize and expand the nation’...
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On Friday, U.S. Reps. Mark Green, MD (R-TN); Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) said a joint investigative report has exposed a threat from China to U.S. port infrastructure security. ...
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The Port of Oakland is seeking a developer for a 50-acre site along the Oakland waterfront. The Howard Property is a former marine terminal that ceased operations in 2013 and is adjacent to industr...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) issued a Request for Information (RFI) in regard to port information technology infrastructure. ...
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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Michigan Infrastructure Office (MIO) recently awarded two transit agencies $25 million in Intermodal Capital Investment Grant program funds. ...
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The departure of two retired ferries from Puget Sound was delayed because of a malfunction in the tow equipment. The ferries were returned to the Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility on Bainbridge I...
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On Thursday, U.S. Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA) and Hank Johnson (D-GA) introduced legislation that would require the owner of the cargo ship, Dali, in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March. ...
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In July, NOAA and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the available of $54 million to address marine debris throughout the coastal and Great Lakes states and territories. NOAA said the fundi...
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted 359-13 to approve the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024, which would improve myriad aspects of the U.S. water resources infras...
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Washington State Ferries (WSF), a division of the Washington State Department of Transportation, recently partnered with ABB, an electrification and automation technology company, to support the desig...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced it had awarded grants to 15 small shipyards in 12 states as part of the Small Shipyard Grant Program ...
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Thanks to an agreement between the Army Corps of Engineers, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD), and the Red River Waterway Commission (RRWC), a new study will investig...
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