Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Metal Trades delivers second rail barge to New York

The NYNJR200, second of two rail car barges built by Metal Trades Inc., was delivered in New York Harbor in mid-December 2018. Photo courtesy Metal Trades.

Metal Trades Inc., Yonges Island, S.C., delivered the second in a pair of what are believed to be the first railroad car barges built for New York Harbor in perhaps 70 years.

The 370’x59’x14’ NYNJR200 carries up to 18 standard 60’ railcars for New York New Jersey Rail LLC, a short-haul railroad operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The barge and sister ship NYNJR100 ferry cars between the Greenville Yard at Jersey City, N.J., and the 65th Street Yard in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/metal-trades-delivers-second-rail-barge-to-new-york/

NJ Port to use electric container carrier

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will conduct the first test at a U.S. port of an electric vehicle to move cargo containers, with an eye toward eventually replacing the current gas-powered fleet.

The pilot program is part of a broader effort by the Port Authority to reduce greenhouse gases at the ports, which handle billions of dollars in cargo annually.

The vehicles, known as straddle carriers, are used to lift 30-ton (30.5-metric ton) cargo containers and load them onto trucks for...

http://container-news.com/nj-port-electric-container-carrier/

Atlantic Sun christening ceremony

On October 10, the christening ceremony and plaque presentation for the Atlantic Sun, a Con-Ro (Container and Roll on Roll Off) vessel, were held at Berth 17 in Port Newark. Officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey joined customers of the ocean carrier, Atlantic Container Line (ACL) and the ship’s Godmother, Katherine LoBue, to celebrate this monumental occasion.

The ship was built in 2016 in China and is the 4th generation of ACL’s Con-Ro vessels. The Atlantic Sun is the...

http://container-news.com/atlantic-sun-christening-ceremony/

Port of NY & NJ to improve its operations

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced the creation of the North Atlantic Marine Highway Alliance, which will seek to foster the use of barge services to offset the use of trucks and supplement rail cargo to and from the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Recognizing the untapped potential and excess capacity of the coastal waterways, the Alliance will serve in an advisory capacity on research, analysis, and relationship...

http://container-news.com/port-ny-nj-improve-operations/

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