
Conference Hopes To Respark United States Marine Highways
Roads around the New York city location, and also backwards and forwards lots of components of the East Coast, are progressively busy. The blockage raises air contamination, brings about bad roadways, and also slows down the circulation of individuals and also items throughout the area. Heavy freight carried on vehicles have actually harmed our roadways and also bridges.
Most various other naval countries (specifically in Europe) are well in advance the United States in initiatives to relocate freight web traffic off the roadways and also onto ships. These aquatic freeways are establishing to make it possible for and also maintain what is called short-sea delivery, where products is rollovered water for much shorter ranges than typical delivery procedures.
“For marine highways to be successful in this country, we need to raise awareness of the advantages short-sea shipping has to offer,” statedCapt Eric Johansson, teacher of Marine Transportation atSUNY Maritime College “This conference is an opportunity for urban and regional planners, terminal operators, educational institutions and labor organizations to learn how to integrate marine highways into their policies and plans.”
On September 27, Johansson, with the assistance of SUNY Maritime College will host a conference in New York City to discuss methods to relocate freight transportation off land and also onto the water, consequently lowering roadway blockage and also air contamination.
The Maritime Administration, a branch of the united state Department of Transportation, has actually marked 25 aquatic freeway courses around the nation. One of them consists of New York City, and also the local government is starting an aquatic freeway option to export local waste and also various other freight via the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn.
“The marine highway program encourages partnerships, improves the supply chain and creates new supply chain options that use our waterways.” stated United States Maritime Administrator Mark Buzby in recent testimony to congress. “America’s Marine Highway projectsalso allow for the optimization of equipment relocation and help to reduce wasteful movement of empty shipping containers.”
The seminar in September will certainly include audio speakers from American Maritime Partnerships, McAllister Towing, the UNITED STATE Department of Transportation, Ports America, Tote Services, Crowley Maritime Corp., Norfolk Tug Company, Red Hood Container Terminal, the NEW YORK CITY Economic Development Corp., the Port Authority of New York and also New Jersey, Harbor Harvest and also others.
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