Tag: New York

APM Terminals increases Port Elizabeth investment plans to USD $200 million, in preparation for ultra large container ships. This investment will further enable global trade at the largest container terminal on the east coast of the United States.

EBDG has been selected by NYC DOT to design a new class of ferries that will operate between the boroughs of Staten Island and Manhattan

Ships, barges, ferries, and recreational boats in the busy New York Harbor will be able to navigate more safely thanks to an updated version of the harbor's nautical chart recently issued by NOAA that includes data gathered in the navigational response to the damage caused by Sandy in October 2012.

New York prepares for LNG ferries

EPA Invests $2.7 Million to Reduce Air Pollution from Old Diesel Engines in New York and New Jersey

NTSB Provides an Investigative Update on the Seastreak Wall Street Ferry Accident

Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Meets in New York

New York Floating Venue for NAMEPA Conference

Ports of New York & New Jersey Boating Harbor Guide

Port Authorities have approved approved an incentive programme for ocean vessels The Port Authority Board of Commissioners for the Port of New York and New Jersey have approved approved an incentive programme for ocean vessels. The three year, $4.875 million Ocean-Going Vessel Clean-Vessel Incentive (CVI) programme aims to encourage ship operators to improve their engines, use cleaner fuels, and upgrade their technology to reduce emissions from ocean-going vessels, which are the largest source of air pollutants at port-related facilities.As part of the Port Authority's Clean Air Strategy, the CVI provides financial incentives to ships achieving a score of 20 points or higher based on the World Port Climate Initiative's Environmental Ship Index (ESI). The ESI is a worldwide mechanism that awards points to vessels that exceed the environmental standards set by the International Maritime Organization. Additional points are allocated to vessels that participate in the speed-reduction program, which would reduce speed to no more than 10 knots starting 20 nautical miles from the entrance to the New York New Jersey harbour.Currently, 14 European ports have an ESI incentive program; the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey would be the second U.S. port, after the Port of Los Angeles, ...