Monday, July 2, 2012

E-Z Pass Discount On Bridge Tolls Announced For Brooklyn Residents | Bensonhurst News Blog

E-Z Pass Discount On Bridge Tolls Announced For Brooklyn Residents | Bensonhurst News Blog: "Under the plan, the toll for enrolled E-Z Pass users with non-commercial plates will be $4.75 per trip after three trips are completed within a calendar month at the Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing or the Bayonne Bridge, taking effect within the next 40 to 60 days."

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Panama Canal Authority Confirms 6-Month Delay | Break Bulk

Panama Canal Authority Confirms 6-Month Delay | Break Bulk: "The Panama Canal Authority's US$5 billion expansion project has fallen six months behind schedule, which could mean that the new locks will not be operational until 2015, authority officials announced on national television."

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Bayonne port gets $11M grant to increase capacity | The Asbury Park Press NJ | APP.com

Bayonne port gets $11M grant to increase capacity | The Asbury Park Press NJ | APP.com: "An $11.4 million grant has been awarded for a new facility outside the Bayonne Bridge that will be able to directly transfer containers from the terminal onto the national rail network."

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JLL: Flurry of Port Development in NY/NJ - Citybizlist New York

JLL: Flurry of Port Development in NY/NJ - Citybizlist New York: "The raising of the Bayonne Bridge will allow the larger container vessels to pass under the bridge. The bridge, which connects Bayonne with Staten Island, will be raised from a 151 foot clearance to a 215 foot clearance via the "Raise the Roadway" project. This is expected to be completed in 2014."

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Federal Grant Could Help Region's Cargo Industry - WNYC

Federal Grant Could Help Region's Cargo Industry - WNYC: "Most New York and New Jersey ports are in danger of losing business, because the larger vessels don't fit underneath a bridge they have to sail under to reach most area ports.  The Port Authority is spending $1 billion to lift the Bayonne Bridge that connects New Jersey to Staten Island, so the ships will be able to sail underneath."

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Hudson Reporter - Getting ready for the ships Global Terminal on JC Bayonne border gets for key piece in rail link

Hudson Reporter - Getting ready for the ships Global Terminal on JC Bayonne border gets for key piece in rail link: "Dressed in business suits and other attire more appropriate for the office than the waterfront, they seemed to stand out against a backdrop of moving container freight and construction equipment that weaved across the surface of what will shortly become the most important cargo facility in the New York area, part of a $350 million upgrade that will allow the newest and largest container freight ships to unload prior to the raising of the Bayonne Bridge."

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

$11.4M grant for Port Authority to help speed up cargo deliveries | NJ.com

$11.4M grant for Port Authority to help speed up cargo deliveries | NJ.com: "Thanks in part to an $11.4 million grant announced by LaHood, the Port of New York and New Jersey will be able to speed up those cargo deliveries while the state rushes to raise the Bayonne Bridge in preparation for super-sized ships that will arrive through a widened Panama Canal in 2014."

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Hudson Reporter - Global Terminals gets 13 million for rail link

Hudson Reporter - Global Terminals gets 13 million for rail link: "U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood came to Global Terminals on the border of Jersey City and Bayonne bearing a federal grant for $13 million that will revamp the way the container port handles freight allowing cargo to be brought from ship to rail."

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Bayonne Bridge | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Bayonne Bridge | Flickr - Photo Sharing!:

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Feds award $11 million for NJ port project - NorthJersey.com

Feds award $11 million for NJ port project - NorthJersey.com: "The new facility will be located next to the Global Terminal. That is to the east of the Bayonne Bridge, which is too low for the growing number of larger ships expected after the Panama Canal is widened in 2014. "

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Port Authority stonewalls on its Staten Island tolls report | SILive.com

Port Authority stonewalls on its Staten Island tolls report | SILive.com: "Rep. Michael Grimm this month declared "all-out war" on the P.A., demanding immediate release of the study and threatening to block a federal effort to raise the Bayonne Bridge by 2014."

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