Federal Grant to Help Design New Vessel for Portland Cargo Service (USA)
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said today that the Maine Port Authority has been awarded a $150,000 federal grant to pay for design work for a new type of container vessel that could bring domestic coastwise cargo service to the International Marine Terminal (IMT) in Portland.
This spring the company that was providing regular container cargo service to Portland announced they would cease operations. Two days later Pingree hosted a tour of the IMT for U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda. She told Matsuda that a new tug-barge design was the best option for starting a service that would move cargo between the Port of New York/New Jersey and Portland and urged him to approve federal funding for the design.
"The key to bringing a New York service to Portland is a new tug-barge design that will suit the needs of Maine shippers," Pingree said. "It would cost between 1/3 and 1/2 what a more traditional container ship wouldcost and use fewer crew, thus reducing capital and operational costs that could then be passed on to shippers."
国会议员Chellie Pingree女士今天称,缅因州港务局获得了价值15万美元的联邦拨款，用以支持新型集装箱船的设计工作，促进波特兰国际海运码头实现国内近海货物服务。
今年春季,为波特兰提供定期集装箱货物服务的公司宣布他们将停止运作。两天后，Pingree女士带领美国海运管理委员David Matsuda先生参观了波特兰国际海运码头。她告诉Matsuda先生,设计推驳船将是最好的选择--利于展开服务,实现货物在纽约/新泽西港和波特兰之间的运输。Pingree女士敦促他批准一项联邦基金，用于新船型的设计。
Pingree女士强调："将纽约服务引入波特兰的关键在于新推驳船的设计,该船型能满足缅因州托运人的需求。该新型船的建造成本仅是传统集装箱船的1/3-1/2,需要的船员数更少,从而减少转嫁到托运人身上的资本和运营成本。"
DATE:2012.12.10
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