NYCEDC

New Bronx Blue Highway project unveiled

Set to start operating this year, a Blue Highway project in the Bronx, N.Y., will initially remove 1,000 truck trips a month off highways and onto the water.

Details of the plan were announced by New York City Deputy Mayor Adolfo Carrion Jr., the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), and Con Agg Global (CAG), which is to open a new waterside transloading facility adjacent to the Fulton Fish Market hub in the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, one of New York State’s busiest...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/new-bronx-blue-highway-project-unveiled/

Ferry operators join roundtable discussion at FERRIES 2023

With just over a month left before Marine Log’s 36th annual FERRIES conference, a panel of ferry operators has come together to present on topics important to the operations side of the market. The conference, taking place November 14-15 in Jersey City, N.J., just across from Manhattan, N.Y., will include other panel discussions, individual ferry project presentations, networking opportunities, and more.

Moderating the operator panel is Sam Waterhouse, PE, technical manager – naval architecture...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/ferry-operators-join-roundtable-discussion-at-ferries-2023/

NYCEDC to issue new RFP for NYC Ferry operator

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has released an audit finding that NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) underreported nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in NYC Ferry expenditures during former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration.

The comptroller made 11 recommendations aimed at improving oversight over the ferry system and protecting the fiscal integrity of New York City. NYCEDC accepted some of the recommendations for providing enhanced transparency and agreed to issue a new...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/nycedc-to-issue-new-rfp-for-nyc-ferry-operator/

Equinor and BP launch NY Offshore Wind Innovation Hub

Equinor and BP have announced the launch of a New York-based Offshore Wind Innovation Hub aimed at facilitating partnerships with start-ups that bring new technological solutions to the rapidly growing U.S. offshore wind industry. The initiative springs from a new three-year partnership between Equinor, the Urban Future Lab (UFL) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and the National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium (NOWRDC), supported by New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).

Th...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/equinor-and-bp-launch-ny-offshore-wind-innovation-hub/

Cecilia Kushner to keynote Ferries 2021 on New York’s ferry investments

Cecilia Kushner, executive vice president, Planning Division of, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).

Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 conference is set to go live and in person in just over three weeks, with a full agenda and a nearly sold out venue.

The event will take place November 9-10 on the New York Harbor waterfront in Jersey City, N.J., in partnership with the Passenger Vessel Association. As its theme says, “The ferry industry is poised to rebound in 2022.”

Opening the event with a keynote address on the morning of November 9 is Cecilia Kushner, the executive vice president for the Planning...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/cecilia-kushner-to-keynote-ferries-2021-on-new-yorks-ferry-investments/