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More than $241 million in discretionary grant funding has been awarded for projects to improve U.S. port facilities, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced on Thursday.The grants, which will go to 25 projects in 19 states and one territory through the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), are intended to help strengthen America's supply chains to meet heightened demand and help address inflationary pressures, the DOT said.“U.S. maritime ports play a critical role in our supply chains,” said U.S.

A maritime country profile provides a basic snapshot of a country's situation regarding maritime transport and international trade, facilitating convenient cross-country comparisons. The Maritime Country Profiles will be updated regularly as new data becomes available. Throughout most of history, “maritime nations” had their own national fleets, which were built, owned, operated, and manned by nationals of the same country whose flag the ship flew. Today, different countries mostly participate in different maritime businesses. Policy makers have an interest to identify those maritime sectors where their countries participate at present, or might participate in future.

The Porrt of New Orleans announced the agenda for the January 2014 Board of Commissioners meeting on Wednesday, January 22. Regular Meeting No. Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 11:00 A.M. II. III. IV. VI. A. Consider Award of a Contract to Professional Construction Services, Inc., for First Street Wharf Structural Repairs (Ms. B. Consider Award of a Contract to Hamp’s Construction, LLC, for a New Roof and Siding for the Morrison Yard Crane Shed Rehabilitation (Ms. C. Consider Award of a Contract to Perez, APC, for Building Demolition (Ms. D. Consider Approval of a Resolution Ratifying the President and Chief Executive Officer’s Action to Enter into an  Amendment to the Contract with Kostmayer Construction…