Ferry Grant Program News Today

President Joe Biden is taking on China over unfairly targeting the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors for dominance.

As Congress starts work on the next Water Resources Development Act, Corps officials point to the successes of the current navigation program.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the funds, largely intended to replace the ferry Tustumena, represent “a big, fat deal” for Alaskan ferry riders.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on Thursday announced grants totaling $220.2…

FTAs Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program provides competitive funding to states for ferry service in rural areas

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced $384.4 million in federal funding…

NY Waterway announced plans to repower four more of its older ferries, transitioning from traditionally diesel driven units…

The State Department of Transportation is splitting up the Tustumena replacement vessel project into three separate proposal requests.

Staffing shortages caused the M/V Tustumena to stay docked in Homer this week instead of making its scheduled sailing to Kodiak. Its next scheduled arrival in Kodiak has been moved

Without House/Senate agreement on certain issues, it appears a stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded will be needed.