House Subcommittee approves $1B for FY2014 Maintenance Dredging
The U.S. House Energy and Water Subcommittee has approved using $1 billion from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to dredge U.S. navigation channels and harbors as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' fiscal 2014 budget. If the Senate passes the bill, this would be the largest regular annual appropriation for navigation maintenance. More...
The Ports of Seattle, Port of Tacoma and Port Metro Vancouver B.C. released the Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy, a joint strategic plan designed to reduce diesel emissions by 75 percent per ton of cargo by 2015 and by 80 percent by 2020.
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