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Sophisticated new technology can help create a safer environment, but only when carefully integrated.

Even as adopting digital technologies can enhance the way the container shipping industry operates, it can also increase the industry's vulnerability to cyberattacks.

Ports are leveraging the latest technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Ports must remain mindful of the ongoing thereat posed by climate change.

America's ports are dipping their toes into the waters of predictive analytics, figuring out how to deploy analytics to predict and prepare for logistical challenges.

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The White House and U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) have announced that Retired General Stephen R. Lyons will take over as new Port and Supply Chain Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. General Lyons is a retired four-star general who last served as the 13th commander of the U.S. Transportation Command. He takes the reins from envoy John ...

The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to advance the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022). The legislation would authorize crucial investments in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) programs and projects across the country, including improvements to rivers and harbors. Read the bill’s text here.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its FY 2022 Work Plan, which distributes additional Congressional funding to specific projects in investigations, construction, operations and maintenance, and more. The Energy and Water Development appropriations bill was signed into law on March 15. Congress directed USACE to develop and issue its Work Plan within 60 days. This report’s release brings ...

Congress authorized an annual $750 million for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) spending, but in FY 2022, Congress appropriated only $234 million. This amount is separate from the $450 million the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will provide to PIDP each year through 2026. This year, Congressional Ports Caucus Co-Chairs, Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) ...