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House Passes Trillion-Dollar ‘Hard Infrastructure’ Bill

House Passes Trillion-Dollar ‘Hard Infrastructure’ Bill

Washington Waves

House Passes Trillion-Dollar ‘Hard Infrastructure’ Bill

November 12, 2021

Washington, D.C.—While waiting to sign his historic bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, President Joe Biden traveled to a nearby port older than the United States to promote the trillion-dollar measure’s… Read More

South Louisiana, Houston Included In MarAd Port Grants

February 21, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) gave ports across the nation a generous Valentine’s Day gift valued at more than $280 million when it announced grants for more… Read More

Savannah Port Sets Container Record Ship-to-shore cranes load export boxes onto vessels at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal in this February 26, 2018, file photo. The Georgia Ports Authority handled nearly 414,000 twenty-foot-equivalent container units in October. (photo courtesy of Georgia Ports Authority/Stephen B. Morton)

Ship-to-shore cranes load export boxes onto vessels at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal in this February 26, 2018, file photo. The Georgia Ports Authority handled nearly 414,000 twenty-foot-equivalent container units in October. (photo courtesy of Georgia Ports Authority/Stephen B. Morton)

Savannah Port Sets Container Record

December 10, 2018

The Port of Savannah moved more container cargo in October than any other month in its history, with 413,800 twenty-foot-equivalent container units (TEU) crossing its docks, the port announced November… Read More

Georgia Ports Authority Envisions 8 Million TEU Capacity For Port Of Savannah By 2028

October 5, 2018

At the Savannah State of the Port event September 20, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch thanked Gov. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) for his leadership and detailed GPA’s 10-year,… Read More

Washington Waves: April 23, 2018

April 23, 2018

Washington, D.C.—A bill authorizing funding for the U.S. Coast Guard stalled in the Senate because it also included the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act that supporters say would offer important… Read More

New Crane Begins Work At Port Of Savannah

March 23, 2018

The first of Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) four new Neo-Panamax cranes came online in the third week of March, bringing GPA’s operating fleet to 27—more than any other single terminal… Read More