Ports
Current Status
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B- | Comprehensive Report Card
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Source: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) report card
The ASCE report card provides the most cited infrastructure ratings.
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Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Data
Industry
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Government
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Distribution of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Expenditures (crsreports.gov)
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Master Docks Plus: Data on 40,000 port-and-waterway facilities (asace.army.mil)​
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Reports & Analyses
Industry​
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U.S. Port & Maritime Industry 2024 Economic Impact Report (AAPA.org)
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Act Now or Pay Later: The Costs of Climate Inaction for Ports and Shipping​ 2022 (Environmental Defense Fund)
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Failure to Act: Ports and Inland Waterways -- Anchoring the U.S. Economy 2021 (ASCE.com)​
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U.S. Seaports Outlook Report 2020​ (Colliers International)
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2018 Securing America's ports and enhancing the supply chain (AAPA.org)
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2018 National Economic Impact of the U.S. Coastal Port System (AAPA.org)
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A Deep Dive on America's Ports​ 2017 (Bipartisan Policy Center)
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Government
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U.S. Navigation Information Strategic Action Plan: 2021-2026 (CMTS.gov)
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As Assessment of the U.S. Marine Transportation System: Report to Congress 2022 (CMTS.gov)
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A Record Year For America's Ports and Look to the Year Ahead 2022 (WhiteHouse.gov)​
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Goals and Objectives for a Stronger Maritime Nation: A Report to Congress (Maritime.dot.gov)
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Transportation Statistics Annual Report, Page 1-29 (DOT.gov)
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Economic importance of the US shipbuilding and repairing industry (CMTS.gov)
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An Economic Analysis of Spending on Marine Transportation System Infrastructure 2020 (CTMS.gov)
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National Port Strategy Assessment: Reducing Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases (EPA.gov)​
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Top Coverage​
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America's Ports Problem Is Decades in the Making (Cato Institute)
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Flexport CEO discussed U.S. port congestion and whether there's been progress on relieving it (CNBC)
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US invests more than half a billion dollars on port infrastructure (Safety 4 Sea)
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Sector Watch: Billions of dollars set to boost US port projects in 2022​ (Construction Dive)​
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North America Container Terminal Operations Companies​ (Mordor Intelligence $)
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U.S. works with firms in supply chains to ease port congestion​ (Reuters)
Federal Governance​
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Laws, Regulations, & Policy​
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H.R.7575 -- Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (Congress.gov)​
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H.R.5991 -- Close Agency Loopholes to the Jones Act of 2023 (Congress.gov)
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Legislative bodies
Financing & Investment
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Mergers & Acquisitions
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Strategic Buyers Lead Strong Return of 2021 Domestic Marine M&A Activity (Capstone Partners)
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Macquarie Seeks Sale of U.S. Port Terminal Operator (The Wall Street Journal)
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Macquarie eyes return of 15 times its money on ports sale (AFR)
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Poker-faced GCT bidders line up for New York terminals (The Loadstar)
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Port M&A requires careful due diligence, but not how you would expect (Josh Hurwitz)
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Innovation​
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