NY/NJ port projects secure $346m funding

New York/New Jersey port authority is to invest $346m in port projects for 2012, in addition to the $15m it will spend on increasing air draft clearance under the Bayonne Bridge.

PANYNJ has committed cash to port development

The biggest beneficiary will be Global Terminal, which has been earmarked $87.5m.

The second-largest capital project will see investment of $58.3m on the development of a rail ramp at the Greenville Yards.

A further $36.3m will be spent on the New York Container Terminal on Staten Island, $29m of which will be committed to dredging works.