Officials with the Port of Oakland announced Monday that they were ready to launch an interagency effort to improve the flow of agricultural exports at the Port. The new program involves the use o...
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The Port of Los Angeles is proposing a plan to charge ocean carriers that allow empty containers to remain on the port’s marine terminals for nine days or longer. The fee, which will be presente...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urged the world’s ocean carriers to mitigate disruptions to agricultural shippers of U.S. exports, and to rel...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced it had awarded $12.6 million in grants to nine marine highway projects across the country Friday. Funded through...
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The U.S. House of Representatives advanced legislation last week to reform the ocean shipping industry. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (H.R. 4996), introduced by U.S. Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA) and...
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Oregon’s Congressional delegation recently sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Office of Management and Budget urging funding for the state’s port infrastructure as the Army ...
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Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is espousing the benefits of the state's Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) MV Tustumena replacement plan via the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). "The AMHS is ...
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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will be passing onto his successor, Glenn Youngkin, a comprehensive multimodal transportation system that is stronger and forward-looking, Northam said a the annual Governo...
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U.S. freight activity will grow 50 percent to 28.7 billion tons between 2020 and 2050, and will double in value to $36.2 trillion, according to an industry forecast recently published by the U.S. Depa...
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The Biden-Harris administration recently released its Port Action Plan to accelerate investment in U.S. ports, waterways, and freight networks. Recommendations in the plan would be funded through t...
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On Oct. 26, the Port of Seattle Commission voted to accelerate its emission reduction efforts, setting the new goal of being net zero or better for Port-owned emissions by 2040. The new goal accel...
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U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) praised the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Tuesday for working to limit cargo delays that have caused severe problems on the West Coast. Payne and U.S...
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U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined a group of their colleagues to urge Congressional leadership to provide at least $2.5 billion in funding for por...
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The Port of New Orleans announced Tuesday that its container vessel operations had resumed, just nine days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana. The MSC Charleston was worked a...
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Federal, state and local officials joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Tuesday for the Ketchikan Port Facility groundbreaking ceremony. The event marked the start of ...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) joined King County, Wash. County Executive Dow Constantine Wednesday to highlight funding included in the Infrastructure Investment an...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently awarded the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) a $1.6 million grant through the most recent round of ...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced it will offer up to $38 million in competitive grant funds through its Passenger Ferry Grant Program. "Passenger ferries are a critical ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Transportation recently approved a $44 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary gr...
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The Port of Oakland and its logistics partners announced Monday that they have launched a battery electric truck demonstration project as part of the Oakland Seaport’s path toward zero emissions. ...
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