GSN Digital Edition April 2016
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Maritime/Coastal/Port Security<br />
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey issues<br />
RFP to develop long-range master growth plan<br />
<strong>April</strong> 11, <strong>2016</strong> - The Port Authority<br />
announced today that a comprehensive<br />
review will be undertaken of<br />
the Port of New York and New Jersey<br />
covering more than 3,000 acres<br />
of cargo facilities in order to better<br />
evaluate and plan for future growth,<br />
improve operations and<br />
enhance revenue and job<br />
creation opportunities.<br />
The agency today issued<br />
a publicly advertised<br />
Request for Proposals<br />
(RFP 45736 http://www.<br />
panynj.gov/businessopportunities/bid-proposal-advertisements.<br />
html?tabnum=6.) for a planning<br />
consultant to develop a long-range<br />
Maritime Master Plan to guide future<br />
growth and development of the<br />
port for the next 25 to 30 years. The<br />
review will look at each of the port’s<br />
six container terminals as well as its<br />
auto, bulk, cruise and adjacent real<br />
estate holdings along with support<br />
services and operations. The review<br />
is expected to take up to 18 months<br />
to complete.<br />
In developing the master plan,<br />
the consultant will use data and information<br />
from previous studies,<br />
including the 2014-2015 Land Use<br />
Plan and the 2015 Port Demand and<br />
Capacity Study. Once completed, it<br />
will provide the framework to maximize<br />
land use, ensure an appropriate<br />
diversity of uses, increase operational<br />
efficiency and provide for<br />
enhanced revenue opportunities.<br />
Aside from the Master Plan initiative,<br />
the Port Authority already<br />
has taken steps to improve operational<br />
performance and efficiency<br />
at the port through the formation<br />
of the Port Performance Task Force<br />
in December 2013. The task force<br />
developed a series of 23 recommendations<br />
designed to reduce truck<br />
congestion and air emissions in the<br />
Port of New York and New Jersey,<br />
improve customer service for truck-<br />
26<br />
ers and other port stakeholders, and<br />
enhance the flow of goods to and<br />
from the marketplace. A group of<br />
port stakeholders – the Council on<br />
Port Performance – was formed and<br />
is now actively working on planning<br />
and implementing the recommendations.<br />
“Our port has been<br />
a national trendsetter<br />
in the maritime<br />
industry and continues<br />
to be the leading<br />
East Coast gateway<br />
for international<br />
shippers,” said Port<br />
Commerce Director<br />
Molly Campbell. “To continue this<br />
positive trend, we must take a holistic<br />
look at the entire port operation<br />
and develop an optimum plan<br />
that will allow us to efficiently grow<br />
the business for decades to come<br />
following a record 10.4 percent in-
Change language