The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity announcing the availability of $500 million for the fiscal year 2024 through the Port Infrastructure…
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MARAD today announced the award of over $653 million in grants to fund 41 port improvement projects across the U.S under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). That’s down from the $703 million awarded under the program in last year’s PIDP grants.
The PIDP grants are aimed at improving port and related freight infrastructure to meet national freight transportation needs. The program provides planning support, capital funding, and project management assistance to improve capacity and...
WASHINGTON — About $290 million of $653 million in new federal grants awarded by the Biden administration will be used to improve truck capacity at U.S. ports.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Friday the winners of the latest annual round of funding under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), administered by DOT’s Maritime Administration.
Of the 41 port projects receiving money through the program in 2023, 11 feature significant improvements aimed at speeding truck...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-pumping-more-truck-capacity-into-us-ports
The Senate voted 75-22 on Tuesday to confirm Ann Phillips to lead the U.S. Maritime Administration as pressure builds to ensure historic levels of funding for port infrastructure are used to help speed cargo through supply chains.
After she is sworn in, Phillips will replace Lucinda Lessley, who has been serving as the agency’s acting administrator. Lessley was named to lead Marad after Administrator Mark Buzby stepped down in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021.
Phillips, who...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced that up to $684.3 million is now available for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants. The grants will be awarded, on a competitive basis, to projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port.
On February 23, 2022, MARAD issued a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $450 million for the PIDP...
Federal agencies responsible for truck safety are requesting significant staffing level increases to help issue and oversee new regulations in fiscal year 2023.
According to the FY23 budget request released by the White House on Monday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will look to boost full-time staffing levels from 1,186 positions that were part of the agency’s 2022 budget estimate to 1,285 in the FY23 request, an 8.3% increase. The National Highway Traffic Safety...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced the availability of nearly $450 million in newly available grant funding for port-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).
The funding is made possible under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which will will invest $17 billion in ports and waterways.
“We’re proud to announce this funding to help ports improve their infrastructure— to get goods moving more efficiently and...
The U.S. Maritime Administration announced on Wednesday nearly $450 million in FY22 competitive grant funding for projects to help ports speed cargo flows and ultimately lower costs for consumers.
That amount, to be made available through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), nearly doubles the amount released late last year in FY21 grants.
Under the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, the $2.25 billion in total funds allocated for the program for fiscal years 2022 through 2026...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/450-million-in-port-grants-aimed-at-cutting-consumer-costs
Twenty-five port projects in 19 states got an early Christmas present last week in the form of grant money through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program.
The federal government awarded more than $241 million in grant funding to both inland river and coastal ports and the Great Lakes ports, according to a Thursday release. Among the priorities of this year’s funding round were those related to job creation, climate change and environmental justice impacts.
The...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ports-benefit-from-more-than-241-million-in-federal-grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today the award of more than $220 million in discretionary grant funding to improve port facilities in 16 states and territories through the Maritime Administration’s (Marad) Port Infrastructure Development Program.
“This $220 million in federal grants will improve America’s ports with nearly half the projects are located in Opportunity Zones, which were established to revitalize economically distressed communities,” U.S. Secretary of...
https://www.workboat.com/news/government/marad-awards-220-million-in-grants-for-u-s-ports/