The Maritime Administration has announced the availability of nearly $7 million in federal grants for Marine Highway projects. Grants under the America’s Marine Highway Program are available to the sponsors of officially designated Marine Highway Projects Note that an erroneous June 14 application deadline was published in the Federal Register. The correct deadline is August 15.
On June 12, the U.S. Department of Transportation released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) providing $292.7 million in discretionary grant funding through the new Port Infrastructure Development Program, including $92.7 million for the 15 coastal seaports that handled the greatest number of loaded foreign and domestic TEUs of containerized cargo in 2016, as identified by the USACE. DOT will…
The House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will be holding a hearing on June 19 at 2:00 pm on: “Short Sea Shipping: Rebuilding America’s Maritime Industry.” The hearing can be viewed here.