US EAST COAST\\\ The Port Authority of New


York/New Jersey (PANY/NJ) has completed its


ExpressRail


Port Jersey facility, operated by GCT Bayonne – the final piece of the Port of New York and New Jersey’s intermodal rail network spanning Elizabeth, Newark and Staten Island. The new facility, coupled with the completion of the raising of the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate ultra large container vessels and over $4 billion in other modernization initiatives over the past two decades, has led to unprecedented cargo growth, says


the port


authority. Annual containers handled


at the Port of New York and New Jersey grew from more than 2.6 million to almost 4.1 million between 2009 and 2018, an increase of 54%. . That trend has continued and aſter the first four months of 2019, the port is poised to surpass Long Beach and become the nation’s No. 2 cargo port for the first time in more than two decades. From January to April 2019, New


York and New Jersey reported 1.69m loaded TEUs compared to Long Beach’s 1,67m teu. The authority adds that 75%


of all container carrier services make the Port of NY/NJ their first port of call in the East, boosted by its ability to handle the largest ships compared with ports further


down the coast. The port’s five-year strategic is


goal to handle more than


900,000 rail liſts a year, the equivalent of 1.5 million fewer truck trips traveling through local roads, which will greatly reduce congestion and greatly enhance air quality. The facilities were designed to reduce the port’s historical heavy reliance on trucks to transport cargo and expands its geographic cargo reach to inland hubs. Trucks still account for moving 85% of all containers on and off port terminals today. Completion of the rail network


is the culmination of two decades and $6 billion dollars of investment . “The port has been the lifeblood


of the New York-New Jersey regional economy for decades, and completion of this intermodal rail project will only help to bolster our already strong position in attracting international cargo destined for the northeast region and beyond,” said port authority chairman Kevin O’Toole. “We are committed to continuing our investments in infrastructure that will ensure continued cargo growth and the economic activity that results from it.” “The billions of dollars the Port


Authority has invested in the port over the past two decades, including the deepening of port channels to 50 feet, the raising of


More cranes for Philadelphia


PhilaPort received two more super post-Panamax cranes on 27 March for its Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. The cranes are identical to the two that arrived at the port last year with a fiſth crane due to arrive over the summer. Packer Avenue is the port’s container


main terminal,


which is currently undergoing $300 million in terminal improvement projects. With the addition of the new cranes, the terminal will run completely on electricity, removing all diesel emissions.


Upgrades included


strengthening and realigning a berth,


removing warehousing


and adding five new super post- Panamax, bringing the total operational cranes to seven. PhilaPort has seen 166%


container growth in the last decade and reached a record 600,000teu in 2018. According to the port, it offers


flexible working hours, abundant access to trucking, multi-modal rail and an increasing network of distribution centres in the region within a day’s reach of 40% of the US population.


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International Airport and will offer air and sea freight services, customs clearance and cargo insurance.


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the Bayonne Bridge, and the full buildout of the port’s rail network are today paying major dividends with cargo volumes at all-time record levels,” added executive director Rick Cotton. “Our priority is to continue the unprecedented growth our port has experienced in the past year and to do so in a competitive, efficient, sustainable way.” With an annual capacity


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of 250,000 container liſts, ExpressRail Port Jersey connects GCT Bayonne to CSX and Norfolk Southern’s networks and reach key inland markets in the Midwest, New England, Eastern Canada and elsewhere. The ExpressRail Port Jersey facility consists


intermodal rail


of eight tracks for active loading and unloading of cargo from GCT Bayonne that connect to


two lead tracks to and from the main freight rail network. It also includes two high-efficiency, all electric, regenerative powered, widespan, dual cantilevered rail mounted gantry cranes featuring LED lighting to load and unload containers in the intermodal yard. The cost of the ExpressRail


Port Jersey facility is $149 million, including the Port Authority funded $56 million for GCT USA to complete final design and construct the intermodal container transfer facility.


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The remainder of the project, including lead tracks and storage track, accounts for the balance of the investment. The $149 million is recoverable over time through monies collected through the Cargo Facility Charge, a fee assessed on cargo shipped through the Port of New York and New Jersey to cover the cost of critical road, rail and security infrastructure projects. Port Authority capital funds were deployed to front-end the investment.


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