AAPA infrastructure "toolkit" updates

Responding to report findings, AAPA has issued several recommendations for policymakers and relevant stakeholders to help create a level playing field and expedite decarbonization activities for ports.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration is offering $500 million in funding for port upgrades, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

As part of an Executive Order aimed at strengthening maritime cyber-security, the Biden Administration plans to invest over US$20B over the next five years in port infrastructure including funds for recreating the domestic port crane industry

MARAD, the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration unit, and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) are to survey the country’s port authorities and terminal operators in a bid to more accurately identify their cargo handling requirements, particularly for electric machines, over the next five-to-10 years.

The American Association of Ports Authorities (AAPA) says there is no national security threat from Chinese cranes; China might consider the extent to which US software presents a risk at its own ports.

Most of the grants will go towards infrastructure, but there is direct funding for new port equipment