LA barge project grant: $1.05M

The Maritime Administration (Marad) announced it has awarded nearly $39M in in grants to 12 marine highway projects under the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The funding will help expand marine highway services on our nation’s navigable waterways to reduce congestion, alleviate supply chain bottlenecks, and move goods more quickly from ships to shelves, said Marad. One of the grantees is the Baton Rouge-New Orleans Shuttle Service Barge Expansion Project (awarded $1,050,000) Seacor AMH LLC grant funds will go towards the purchase of 70 chassis that will be used to support the continued growth of the Baton Rouge-New Orleans Shuttle Service by increasing cargo handling capacity to reduce landside congestion and reducing air emissions by taking diesel trucks off the road. (Work Boat 10/06/22) Marad awards $39 million in grants for America’s Marine Highway Program | WorkBoat