Port of NY and NJ receives US$347m in federal funding to bolster sustainability

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been selected to receive US$347m in federal funding from the Biden-Harris administration to bolster the port’s sustainability and community outreach efforts.

It represents the largest sustainability award the port authority has received to date and were provided through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Ports programme and is the second-largest award in the country.

Rick Cotton, port authority executive director, said: “This extraordinary EPA funding will allow us to accelerate the deployment of zero-emission equipment across our port facilities.