Infrastructure

The $17 million dock and crane rail extension is expected to be completed this summer, according to operator GT USA Wilmington.

More than two-thirds of the Class I railroad’s $3.57 billion plan is going toward railroad maintenance.

The agreement was reached last week to double-track a four-kilometer section that links south shore terminals to the national rail network.

The expansion has doubled the terminal’s annual container throughput to 1.2 million container lifts a year.

The port handled 14.51 million TEUs and had a total throughput of 469 million tons, both of which were record highs.

While contaner volumes were flat in 2018, more cargo is moving to and from the port by rail.

The Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development program receives funding for grants for the first time in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019.

The rule is a revision of an existing one and requires railroads to establish geographic response zones and ensure personnel and equipment are staged and prepared.

The record-setting stow took place at the PSA Singapore terminal on the ultra large containership’s westbound departure to North Europe.

An increase in the gas tax and maintaining balanced economic regulation in railroading also were discussed during Wednesday’s Senate committee hearing.

The Port of Long Beach, however, had decreases in total volume, imports and exports in January.

The terminal, which also is acquiring lifting and container yard equipment, has the option to buy another crane this year.

A vehicle miles traveled program is the country’s “only viable future” for fixing the Highway Trust Fund, Ranking Member Sam Graves says.

P3s incentivize on-time and on-budget projects and harness the innovation of the private sector, Nossaman LLP partner says.

The port handled more than 7 million TEUs in one year for the first time in its six-decade history.

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president says investing in the nation’s roads and bridges “is a necessity.”

Northwest Seaport Alliance may lease to Stevedoring Services of America and MSC’s Terminal International Ltd.

Vessel discharge of the Ever Summit, which struck a crane on Jan. 28, is expected to be completed by Thursday morning.

House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio highlighted the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and gas tax as critical issues that must be addressed.

The port authority says the project proposed by Fraser Surrey Docks failed to show substantial progress on construction had been made by Nov. 30, one of 83 conditions.