The Port Authority posted for public comment the agency’s largest ever $32.2 billion draft 2017-2026 Capital Plan. This posting on the agency’s website launches a month-long public review and comment period on the proposed 10-year plan. To view the document, click here. The plan includes $29.5 billion in direct spending on Port Authority projects and a commitment to support debt service on $2.7 billion for the Gateway passenger rail tunnel project and related infrastructure – the largest funding commitment by any stakeholder involved in the project to date. The plan also outlines spending of $1.1 billion over the next 10 years toward capital improvementsRead More →

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On September 28, the Council on Port Performance (CPP) voted to create a Workforce Development Implementation Team (WDIT). As part of the Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution (TLD) industry, the CPP acknowledges that a workforce talent shortage could continue to get worse over time. Council members therefore agreed to collaborate with their host communities and port community stakeholders. The WDIT will strive to develop deeper understanding of the port’s value to the supply chain, economic growth, workforce development, and long-term viability of the maritime industry. It will also seek to attract new members of a qualified, skilled workforce, while creating new avenues through which these individualsRead More →

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The Port of New York & New Jersey today announced completion of the port’s $2.1 billion Main Navigation Channel Deepening Program, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The program constitutes a major milestone in the port’s ongoing efforts to retain and augment its position as the premiere port of the North American East Coast. The Port of New York and New Jersey serves as the gateway to one of the most concentrated and affluent consumer markets in the world. The Main Navigation Channel Deepening Program creates a safe and economically efficient pathway for the newest generation of container ships calling the PortRead More →

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Port officials and employees of GCT USA today welcomed the captain and crew of the MOL Benefactor, the first container vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal locks and visit an East Coast port, and the largest vessel ever to call on the Port of New York and New Jersey. This event signals a new era in shipping as the port continues to handle the largest vessels now transiting the recently expanded Panama Canal locks. The MOL Benefactor is a new Panama class vessel boasting a 10,100 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) cellular capacity. It is the first vessel to visit any East Coast port afterRead More →

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Port Newark Food Truck Fest

Attention gastronomical explorers and culinary entrepreneurs: The Port Newark Food Truck Fest will take place at The Seamen’s Church Institute’s International Seafarer’s Center, 118 Export Street, Port Newark, on Tuesday July 12, 2016 from 3 to 7 p.m. For tickets and information, email [email protected], call 973-589-5828, or simply stop by the International Seafarer’s Center at the port.   Read More →

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