Boyle Resigns As Executive Director Of NY/NJ Port Authority
Robert Boyle, executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, announced his resignation from his post at a meeting on Wednesday evening. It was reported that Boyle told the agency's 7,000 employees that he had decided to leave his post as soon as a transition could be accomplished. Boyle was appointed to the head position of the bistate agency in March 1997. The organization runs the three major New York airports - John F. Kennedy, Newark and LaGuardia. JFK and Newark have extensive cargo operations. While a Port Authority spokesman did not elaborate on whom Boyle's successor would be, industry sources said a possible choice is Lillian Borrone, who was promoted to the number two job of assistant executive director on September 11 this year.
Ports Push For Fed Funding For Deep Draft Navigation
U.S. public ports testified Wednesday, November 03, 1999, at a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment about the continued need for federal government investment in maintaining harbors around the country to ensure that the U.S. maintains a modern, efficient and safe marine transportation system. According to the U.S. Maritime Administration, in 1998 alone, ports invested nearly $1.5 billion in updating and improving their facilities; an additional $9.1 billion of non-federal investment is expected before 2002. The federal government has historically funded 100 percent of navigation channel improvements as well as maintenanceā¦
Public Ports Push For Federal Funding Of Deep Draft Navigation
U.S. public port officials testified Wednesday, Nov. 3, at a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment about the continued need for federal government investment in maintaining harbors around the country to ensure that the U.S. maintains a modern, efficient and safe marine transportation system. According to the U.S. Maritime Administration, in 1998 alone, ports invested nearly $1.5 billion in updating and improving their facilities; an additional $9.1 billion of non-federal investment is expected before 2002. The federal government has historically funded 100 percent of navigation channel improvements as well as maintenanceā¦
Ports Stress Need for Federal Government Partnership
U.S. public ports testified at a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment about the continued need for federal government investment in maintaining harbors around the country to ensure the U.S. has the most efficient, safe and environmentally responsible marine transportation system in the world. According to the U.S. Maritime Administration, in 1998 alone, ports invested nearly $1.5 billion in updating and improving their facilities; an additional $9.1 billion of non-federal investment is expected before 2002. The federal government has historically funded 100 percent of navigation channel improvements as well as maintenanceā¦
Meetings to Resolve Environmental/Dredging Issues
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has asked the USACE and the EPA to convene a series of meetings to clarify the facts underlying a current dispute threatening both the environmental remediataion of a former ocean disposal site and the continued dredging of vital maritime ports in New York and New Jersey. "The Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), the former 'mud dump' site six miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, must be sealed with clean fill to prevent material from escaping into the ocean," said Lillian Borrone, director of port commerce for the port authority.
