US port authorities have been awarded a greater share of the 2023 Port Security Grant Program (PGSP) awards than previously.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released its allocations for the awards which will be distributed to 40 port authorities along with terminal operators, municipalities, and police bodies to help protect ports from any type of security threat.
Though port authorities did not receive the full amount requested, they did receive a greater share of funding this year – US$35.2 million, or over 35% percent of this year’s awards, compared to 30.5% last year.
“FEMA’s Port Security Grant Program is a critical source of funds for ongoing efforts to harden and protect our nation’s seaports from increasingly more sophisticated threats from bad actors,” said American Association of Port Authorities president and chief executive Chris Connor.
This year, FEMA gave priority to projects enhancing protection against cyber vulnerability as well as the susceptibility of soft targets and crowded places.
The following AAPA member ports received direct funding. Ports may also have received funding through their tenants, police and fire services, and state and local governments.
- Port of Long Beach – US$2,722,875
- Port of Los Angeles – US$2,093,901
- Port of San Diego – US$1,977,000
- Port of Oakland – US$663,000
- Port of Redwood City – US$504,611
- Port of Stockton – US$499,039
- PortMiami – US$1,347,368
- Port Everglades – US$1,170,810
- Port Tampa Bay – US$505,450
- Georgia Ports Authority – US$1,000,000
- Port of Guam – US$124,779
- Port of Honolulu – US$364,005
- Plaquemines Port – US$2,304,825
- Port of New Orleans – US$947,280
- Port of South Louisiana – US$1,423,424
- St. Bernard Port and Harbor – US$804,736
- Massport – US$123,000
- North Carolina State Ports Authority – US$1,230,492
- South Jersey Port Corporation – US$139,814
- Port of Orange – US$644,501
- Port Freeport – US$529,500
- Port of Corpus Christi Authority – US$2,312,500
- Port of Texas City – US$108,908
- Port of Beaumont – US$228,310
- Port of Port Arthur – US$2,183,164
- Port of Virginia – US$1,112,625
- Port of Everett - US$86,227
