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May 19, 7:35
Crowley Maritime awarded for charitable efforts
Crowley Maritime Corporation ...
seagull May 19, 7:35
Crowley Maritime awarded for charitable efforts
Crowley Maritime Corporation was recently honored for its charitable efforts with an award from the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College that recognized the company’s continued dedication to supporting SUNY students with scholarships, internship programs and career opportunities through the years, the Corp. press release said.
Crowley President, Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley Jr. accepted the award from SUNY Maritime College President Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter, USN (Ret.), during the college’s annual Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner, held on the Throggs Neck campus in New York, earlier this month.
“Tom Crowley has built on a tremendous legacy that his father began by supporting scholarships and educational programs for our students. For that and all that he does, we salute him,” said Carpenter.
“I’m honored to receive this recognition on behalf of Crowley Maritime,” said Crowley. “When my father took the helm from my grandfather, he not only inherited the generationally strong vision we each share for the direction of the company, but he also sought to provide striving students with opportunities to reach their goals through education. This award is testament to his mission and our company’s continued commitment to giving back.”
Since 1984, Crowley has provided more than half-a-million dollars in scholarship funding for more than 200 students studying at maritime academies and other select institutions in the U.S., Alaska, Puerto Rico and Central America. In 1994, Crowley established the Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship Program in honor of his father, and has also donated more than $2 million over the years to support other educational programs.
Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell Trading and Shipping) and SUNY Maritime College graduate Richard De Simone ’79 (M.S.), XL Insurance North America Marine, were also honored at the event.
State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College is a four-year college located at historic Fort Schuyler in Throggs Neck, New York. SUNY Maritime College has consistently ranked among the top engineering colleges in the nation and as a top baccalaureate college in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report.
Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a holding company of the 120-year-old Crowley Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family and employee-owned company. The company provides project solutions, transportation and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response through its TITAN Salvage subsidiary; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture through its Jensen Maritime subsidiary; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales.
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Crowley Maritime awarded for charitable efforts
Crowley Maritime Corporation was recently honored for its charitable efforts with an award from the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College that recognized the company’s continued dedication to supporting SUNY students with scholarships, internship programs and career opportunities through the years, the Corp. press release said.
Crowley President, Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley Jr. accepted the award from SUNY Maritime College President Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter, USN (Ret.), during the college’s annual Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner, held on the Throggs Neck campus in New York, earlier this month.
“Tom Crowley has built on a tremendous legacy that his father began by supporting scholarships and educational programs for our students. For that and all that he does, we salute him,” said Carpenter.
“I’m honored to receive this recognition on behalf of Crowley Maritime,” said Crowley. “When my father took the helm from my grandfather, he not only inherited the generationally strong vision we each share for the direction of the company, but he also sought to provide striving students with opportunities to reach their goals through education. This award is testament to his mission and our company’s continued commitment to giving back.”
Since 1984, Crowley has provided more than half-a-million dollars in scholarship funding for more than 200 students studying at maritime academies and other select institutions in the U.S., Alaska, Puerto Rico and Central America. In 1994, Crowley established the Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarship Program in honor of his father, and has also donated more than $2 million over the years to support other educational programs.
Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (Shell Trading and Shipping) and SUNY Maritime College graduate Richard De Simone ’79 (M.S.), XL Insurance North America Marine, were also honored at the event.
State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College is a four-year college located at historic Fort Schuyler in Throggs Neck, New York. SUNY Maritime College has consistently ranked among the top engineering colleges in the nation and as a top baccalaureate college in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report.
Jacksonville-based Crowley Holdings Inc., a holding company of the 120-year-old Crowley Maritime Corporation, is a privately held family and employee-owned company. The company provides project solutions, transportation and logistics services in domestic and international markets by means of six operating lines of business: Puerto Rico/Caribbean Liner Services, Latin America Liner Services, Logistics Services, Petroleum Services, Marine Services and Technical Services. Offered within these operating lines of business are: liner container shipping, logistics, contract towing and transportation; ship assist and escort; energy support; salvage and emergency response through its TITAN Salvage subsidiary; vessel management; vessel construction and naval architecture through its Jensen Maritime subsidiary; government services, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution and sales.
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Apr 28, 10:44
N.Y.-N.J PA unveils index of regional transportation activity
The Port Authorit...
seagull Apr 28, 10:44
N.Y.-N.J PA unveils index of regional transportation activity
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is now posting an index of monthly passenger and freight activity levels on the agency’s web site, providing the public with a quick glance at transportation activity at the agency’s airports, interstate crossings, rail line and port facilities. Dubbed PA Pulse, the index provides a one-stop look at monthly transportation activity, which may eventually help portend regional economic trends since transportation is a key component of business activity, the Port Authority press release said.
PA Pulse will combine monthly totals of aviation passengers, vehicle movements, rail and bus mass-transit users and air, truck, and sea cargo, providing a cross-section of transportation activity at the region’s key gateways and interstate crossings, which can be compared on a month-by-month basis, Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye announced this morning. Statistics will be timely and seasonally adjusted and will take into account holidays and severe weather issues to provide the most meaningful monthly portrayal of activity possible.
While patterned after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly Transportation Services Index (TSI), the PA Pulse is a different kind of index. The TSI measures the national economic output from transportation services based on extensive private sector reporting. The PA Pulse is compiled by Port Authority staff and its operating partners at no cost to the agency and focuses on tracking goods and passenger activity at a more limited regional network of facilities. The PA Pulse should be considered a transportation activity index and is not designed to be an economic indicator. Nonetheless, the PA Pulse does vary with the economy, and agency officials will monitor the index to test its ability to predict changes in the regional economy.
The PA Pulse currently comprises 20 years of historical data at key regional gateways and crossings.
“The business of the Port Authority is the business of the region and these monthly passenger and freight transportation figures will help the public gauge activity levels throughout the metropolitan area,” said Executive Director Foye. “This monthly snapshot will provide a quick glimpse of passenger travel levels and cargo movements to help officials and others better understand our transportation network. That knowledge can help them spot key trends to eventually help guide regional economic decision making.”
“The Port Authority is the heart of the region, and the PA Pulse will serve as an invaluable resource for both the public and private sector,” said Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni. “This is another step the PA is taking to return to its core transportation mission and reaffirm its role as the economic engine for the region.”
An analysis of the data already shows the index has made a partial recovery from the depths of the recession, but does not indicate the steady growth expected in a robust economic expansion. Regional transportation activity in February 2012 as measured by the PA Pulse, for example, was three-tenths of 1 percent below what it was in February 2011 after seasonal adjustments.
The Pulse showed remarkable growth of 31.4 percent between 1992 and its pre-recession peak in late 2000. After recovering from recession and 9/11, the index grew another 5.1 percent to its next peak in 2010. The index fell 13.8 percent when the recent financial crisis and recession hit, and has not yet finished climbing back to previous levels. It has grown 6.8 percent since its recent low point in March 2009.
The PA Passenger Pulse component of the index includes fliers at the agency’s four commercial airports, automobile and bus occupants at the six crossings, ferry passengers across the Hudson River, and PATH and other trans-Hudson rail passengers.
The PA Freight Pulse component of the index comprises air cargo tonnage at the Port Authority’s four commercial airports, container cargo imports and exports at port facilities in New Jersey and New York and truck activity at the agency’s four bridges and two tunnels.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which does not receive tax dollars from either state, operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. This includes John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; the Port Authority-Port Jersey Marine Terminal and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.
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N.Y.-N.J PA unveils index of regional transportation activity
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is now posting an index of monthly passenger and freight activity levels on the agency’s web site, providing the public with a quick glance at transportation activity at the agency’s airports, interstate crossings, rail line and port facilities. Dubbed PA Pulse, the index provides a one-stop look at monthly transportation activity, which may eventually help portend regional economic trends since transportation is a key component of business activity, the Port Authority press release said.
PA Pulse will combine monthly totals of aviation passengers, vehicle movements, rail and bus mass-transit users and air, truck, and sea cargo, providing a cross-section of transportation activity at the region’s key gateways and interstate crossings, which can be compared on a month-by-month basis, Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye announced this morning. Statistics will be timely and seasonally adjusted and will take into account holidays and severe weather issues to provide the most meaningful monthly portrayal of activity possible.
While patterned after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly Transportation Services Index (TSI), the PA Pulse is a different kind of index. The TSI measures the national economic output from transportation services based on extensive private sector reporting. The PA Pulse is compiled by Port Authority staff and its operating partners at no cost to the agency and focuses on tracking goods and passenger activity at a more limited regional network of facilities. The PA Pulse should be considered a transportation activity index and is not designed to be an economic indicator. Nonetheless, the PA Pulse does vary with the economy, and agency officials will monitor the index to test its ability to predict changes in the regional economy.
The PA Pulse currently comprises 20 years of historical data at key regional gateways and crossings.
“The business of the Port Authority is the business of the region and these monthly passenger and freight transportation figures will help the public gauge activity levels throughout the metropolitan area,” said Executive Director Foye. “This monthly snapshot will provide a quick glimpse of passenger travel levels and cargo movements to help officials and others better understand our transportation network. That knowledge can help them spot key trends to eventually help guide regional economic decision making.”
“The Port Authority is the heart of the region, and the PA Pulse will serve as an invaluable resource for both the public and private sector,” said Port Authority Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni. “This is another step the PA is taking to return to its core transportation mission and reaffirm its role as the economic engine for the region.”
An analysis of the data already shows the index has made a partial recovery from the depths of the recession, but does not indicate the steady growth expected in a robust economic expansion. Regional transportation activity in February 2012 as measured by the PA Pulse, for example, was three-tenths of 1 percent below what it was in February 2011 after seasonal adjustments.
The Pulse showed remarkable growth of 31.4 percent between 1992 and its pre-recession peak in late 2000. After recovering from recession and 9/11, the index grew another 5.1 percent to its next peak in 2010. The index fell 13.8 percent when the recent financial crisis and recession hit, and has not yet finished climbing back to previous levels. It has grown 6.8 percent since its recent low point in March 2009.
The PA Passenger Pulse component of the index includes fliers at the agency’s four commercial airports, automobile and bus occupants at the six crossings, ferry passengers across the Hudson River, and PATH and other trans-Hudson rail passengers.
The PA Freight Pulse component of the index comprises air cargo tonnage at the Port Authority’s four commercial airports, container cargo imports and exports at port facilities in New Jersey and New York and truck activity at the agency’s four bridges and two tunnels.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which does not receive tax dollars from either state, operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. This includes John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island; the Brooklyn Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; the Port Authority-Port Jersey Marine Terminal and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.
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Feb 20, 9:08
Port of NY-NJ posts record box volumes in 2011
Container volume at the Port o...
seagull Feb 20, 9:08
Port of NY-NJ posts record box volumes in 2011
Container volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey in 2011 rose nearly 4 percent year-over-year, breaking the annual record set in 2007 before the start of the global economic downturn, the Journal of Commerce reported.
The port handled 5.5 million 20-foot equivalent units in 2011, while the port’s ExpressRail on-dock rail system also set a new record in 2011, handling 422,144 containers, or 12 percent more than in 2010. Loaded import container in 2011 rose 4 percent year-over-year to 1,562,413 TEUs, while loaded exports increased 6.6 percent to 918,316 TEUs in the same period.
The agency continues to expand the port’s capacity to handle the growth in cargo. In December, the authority’s board authorized a $39 million dollar investment to design and reconstruct a section of Corbin Street, along with the wharf and culvert at Berth 3 in Port Newark. This followed action to widen McLester Street in the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, and to widen and realign Port Street and Brewster Road.
Work continues on the 50-foot harbor deepening project, which is expected be completed to the terminals in Port Newark, Elizabeth and Port Jersey by the end of 2012 and to New York Container Terminal by 2014. These projects are all designed to provide unimpeded ocean and landside access capacity to and from the port for the expected future annual cargo growth.
The Port Authority continues engineering and design work on the plan to raise the roadbed of the Bayonne Bridge by 61 feet to accommodate new, larger post-Panamax vessels traveling to and from port terminals on the western side of the harbor. The bridge’s low air draft cannot accommodate the largest of these ships, which are expected to serve the port when the Panama Canal widening is complete.
The agency has committed $1 billion to raise the roadway in stages while allowing vehicular traffic to continue. It expects to complete enough work on the project by 2016 to allow post-Panamax vessels to pass underneath the bridge, even though it won’t be completed for another two years after that.
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Port of NY-NJ posts record box volumes in 2011
Container volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey in 2011 rose nearly 4 percent year-over-year, breaking the annual record set in 2007 before the start of the global economic downturn, the Journal of Commerce reported.
The port handled 5.5 million 20-foot equivalent units in 2011, while the port’s ExpressRail on-dock rail system also set a new record in 2011, handling 422,144 containers, or 12 percent more than in 2010. Loaded import container in 2011 rose 4 percent year-over-year to 1,562,413 TEUs, while loaded exports increased 6.6 percent to 918,316 TEUs in the same period.
The agency continues to expand the port’s capacity to handle the growth in cargo. In December, the authority’s board authorized a $39 million dollar investment to design and reconstruct a section of Corbin Street, along with the wharf and culvert at Berth 3 in Port Newark. This followed action to widen McLester Street in the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, and to widen and realign Port Street and Brewster Road.
Work continues on the 50-foot harbor deepening project, which is expected be completed to the terminals in Port Newark, Elizabeth and Port Jersey by the end of 2012 and to New York Container Terminal by 2014. These projects are all designed to provide unimpeded ocean and landside access capacity to and from the port for the expected future annual cargo growth.
The Port Authority continues engineering and design work on the plan to raise the roadbed of the Bayonne Bridge by 61 feet to accommodate new, larger post-Panamax vessels traveling to and from port terminals on the western side of the harbor. The bridge’s low air draft cannot accommodate the largest of these ships, which are expected to serve the port when the Panama Canal widening is complete.
The agency has committed $1 billion to raise the roadway in stages while allowing vehicular traffic to continue. It expects to complete enough work on the project by 2016 to allow post-Panamax vessels to pass underneath the bridge, even though it won’t be completed for another two years after that.
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Feb 18, 12:55
Disney Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for New York
The brand new cruise ship Dis...
seagull Feb 18, 12:55
Disney Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for New York
The brand new cruise ship Disney Fantasy set sail Thursday for New York with a fireworks salute on its first voyage after sea trials in January, ABC reports.
The Fantasy was built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenberg, Germany, the second of two new ships for the Disney Cruise Line, to be based in Port Canaveral, Fla. The 130,000-ton liner has a capacity of 4,200 passengers, a crew of 1,450 and will make its inaugural voyage from Port Canaveral to the Caribbean on March 31. The Fantasy will make three-, four- and five-night cruises from Florida year round.
This voyage is a shakedown for the crew with invited guests only. Finishing touches on some areas of the ship are still underway, though the vessel is mechanically complete. The Fantasy is a sister ship to Disney Dream, lauched a year ago.
The Fantasy, like the Dream, is built for family cruising. The spacious staterooms can sleep up to five people and the bathrooms are divided into two separate rooms, each with a sink. Balcony cabins have a large sitting area with full-size couch that can be curtained off from the sleeping area. Inside cabins have a unique HD display that shows the outside view, with a few Disney twists like characters floating by.
The ship has 1,200 staterooms, 88 percent of which have outside views with 909 of them veranda.
Of course, kids will be entranced with features like the aquaduck water ride and some of the largest children-only areas at sea, not to mention the Disney characters. But the Fantasy was also designed for adults, with major areas of the ship set aside for adults, including sophisticated bars and lounges. There’s a premium French restaurant on board plus an elaborate spa.
The Fantasy decor is reminiscent of the ships of old with art deco clean lines, generous public spaces and the look of a true ocean-going vessel, not a floating apartment block – the trend in many newer megaships.
Stay tuned to this space in the coming weeks for more on the Fantasy, plus tips on how to snag cruise deals and more.
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Disney Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for New York
The brand new cruise ship Disney Fantasy set sail Thursday for New York with a fireworks salute on its first voyage after sea trials in January, ABC reports.
The Fantasy was built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenberg, Germany, the second of two new ships for the Disney Cruise Line, to be based in Port Canaveral, Fla. The 130,000-ton liner has a capacity of 4,200 passengers, a crew of 1,450 and will make its inaugural voyage from Port Canaveral to the Caribbean on March 31. The Fantasy will make three-, four- and five-night cruises from Florida year round.
This voyage is a shakedown for the crew with invited guests only. Finishing touches on some areas of the ship are still underway, though the vessel is mechanically complete. The Fantasy is a sister ship to Disney Dream, lauched a year ago.
The Fantasy, like the Dream, is built for family cruising. The spacious staterooms can sleep up to five people and the bathrooms are divided into two separate rooms, each with a sink. Balcony cabins have a large sitting area with full-size couch that can be curtained off from the sleeping area. Inside cabins have a unique HD display that shows the outside view, with a few Disney twists like characters floating by.
The ship has 1,200 staterooms, 88 percent of which have outside views with 909 of them veranda.
Of course, kids will be entranced with features like the aquaduck water ride and some of the largest children-only areas at sea, not to mention the Disney characters. But the Fantasy was also designed for adults, with major areas of the ship set aside for adults, including sophisticated bars and lounges. There’s a premium French restaurant on board plus an elaborate spa.
The Fantasy decor is reminiscent of the ships of old with art deco clean lines, generous public spaces and the look of a true ocean-going vessel, not a floating apartment block – the trend in many newer megaships.
Stay tuned to this space in the coming weeks for more on the Fantasy, plus tips on how to snag cruise deals and more.
en.portnews.ru
Feb 12, 19:47
Grand China faces fresh lawsuits from Norden and Oldendorff Carriers
Grand Chin...
seagull Feb 12, 19:47
Grand China faces fresh lawsuits from Norden and Oldendorff Carriers
Grand China is facing fresh lawsuits from Denmark-based Norden and Germany-based Oldendorff Carriers, court documents showedSeatrade Asia reports. Norden claimed that Grand China and its affiliates have breached some $5.27m on maritime contracts, notably for not paying the agreed daily charter hire of bulker Nord Yilan and for returning the 28,000 dwt vessel 669 days earlier.
Through a New York court, Norden seeks that a “judgment be entered against the defendants in the sum of $5,273,184.44 and the proceeds of the assets attached be applied in satisfaction thereof.”
In another case, Oldendorff Carriers is claiming $3.42m from Grand China Shipping (Hong Kong) for breach of similar maritime contracts.
Grand China had failed to make charter payments for the 180,000 dwt bulker K Daphne, which was owned by Korea Line Corporation (KLC).
Grand China sub-chartered the vessel to Oldendorff for a time charter period of nine to 11 months. When KLC withdrew K Daphne from the service of Grand China due to the latter's non-payment, Oldendorff claimed it was unable to fulfill a contract of affreightment for the transportation of cargoes from Norway to Saudi Arabia.
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Grand China faces fresh lawsuits from Norden and Oldendorff Carriers
Grand China is facing fresh lawsuits from Denmark-based Norden and Germany-based Oldendorff Carriers, court documents showedSeatrade Asia reports. Norden claimed that Grand China and its affiliates have breached some $5.27m on maritime contracts, notably for not paying the agreed daily charter hire of bulker Nord Yilan and for returning the 28,000 dwt vessel 669 days earlier.
Through a New York court, Norden seeks that a “judgment be entered against the defendants in the sum of $5,273,184.44 and the proceeds of the assets attached be applied in satisfaction thereof.”
In another case, Oldendorff Carriers is claiming $3.42m from Grand China Shipping (Hong Kong) for breach of similar maritime contracts.
Grand China had failed to make charter payments for the 180,000 dwt bulker K Daphne, which was owned by Korea Line Corporation (KLC).
Grand China sub-chartered the vessel to Oldendorff for a time charter period of nine to 11 months. When KLC withdrew K Daphne from the service of Grand China due to the latter's non-payment, Oldendorff claimed it was unable to fulfill a contract of affreightment for the transportation of cargoes from Norway to Saudi Arabia.
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Jan 25, 11:09
FERC licenses NYC tidal power plant
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commissi...
seagull Jan 25, 11:09
FERC licenses NYC tidal power plant
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the first license for a U.S. tidal power plant to transmit energy onto the local and national grid. The pilot commercial license allows Verdant Power to construct, operate, and maintain its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project in the East Channel of the East River in New York City, MarineLog reports.
The RITE Project will use the natural tidal currents of the East River to power tidal energy turbines that will generate up to 1 megawatt (MW) of emission-free electricity in a three-staged development approach, beginning in 2013. The RITE pilot project is estimated to have an annual generation of 2.4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) after the completion of Phase 3.
Verdant Power, will install its fifth Generation Free Flow System, an updated version of the technology previously demonstrated in the East River.
Verdant Power's license application was submitted under FERC's Hydrokinetic Pilot Project Licensing Process, developed to allow for the advancement of U.S. hydrokinetic technologies (tidal, river, wave power), while maintaining FERC oversight and agency input. FERC's issuance of the license for the RITE Project is based on its analysis of a variety of monitoring measures proposed by Verdant Power that protect and enhance fish, wildlife, recreational, public safety, cultural, and aesthetic resources at the project
According to the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, a trade organization for the U.S. marine and hydrokinetic energy industry, the potential for such projects is up to 3,000 MW of installed capacity by 2025 - enough to power more than three million homes. The Ocean Energy Council estimates the global potential for tidal power exceeds 63,000 MW. Maybe include OREC web link.
Verdant Power says the issue of the RITE license is "the culmination of years of technology advancement beginning in 2002 with prototype system testing, and initial RITE project consultations."
During 2006-08, Verdant Power demonstrated a full-scale grid-connected Free Flow System at the project, successfully delivering energy to operating businesses in New York City. This effort represented the world's first grid-connected array of tidal energy turbines. Verdant Power also conducted environmental monitoring of the Free Flow System during the RITE demonstration, developing significant environmental data. The RITE Project has received major support from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Other project funding has been received from the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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FERC licenses NYC tidal power plant
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the first license for a U.S. tidal power plant to transmit energy onto the local and national grid. The pilot commercial license allows Verdant Power to construct, operate, and maintain its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project in the East Channel of the East River in New York City, MarineLog reports.
The RITE Project will use the natural tidal currents of the East River to power tidal energy turbines that will generate up to 1 megawatt (MW) of emission-free electricity in a three-staged development approach, beginning in 2013. The RITE pilot project is estimated to have an annual generation of 2.4 gigawatt-hours (GWh) after the completion of Phase 3.
Verdant Power, will install its fifth Generation Free Flow System, an updated version of the technology previously demonstrated in the East River.
Verdant Power's license application was submitted under FERC's Hydrokinetic Pilot Project Licensing Process, developed to allow for the advancement of U.S. hydrokinetic technologies (tidal, river, wave power), while maintaining FERC oversight and agency input. FERC's issuance of the license for the RITE Project is based on its analysis of a variety of monitoring measures proposed by Verdant Power that protect and enhance fish, wildlife, recreational, public safety, cultural, and aesthetic resources at the project
According to the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition, a trade organization for the U.S. marine and hydrokinetic energy industry, the potential for such projects is up to 3,000 MW of installed capacity by 2025 - enough to power more than three million homes. The Ocean Energy Council estimates the global potential for tidal power exceeds 63,000 MW. Maybe include OREC web link.
Verdant Power says the issue of the RITE license is "the culmination of years of technology advancement beginning in 2002 with prototype system testing, and initial RITE project consultations."
During 2006-08, Verdant Power demonstrated a full-scale grid-connected Free Flow System at the project, successfully delivering energy to operating businesses in New York City. This effort represented the world's first grid-connected array of tidal energy turbines. Verdant Power also conducted environmental monitoring of the Free Flow System during the RITE demonstration, developing significant environmental data. The RITE Project has received major support from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Other project funding has been received from the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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