US Transportation Department to make US$500 million available for port upgrades

The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for US$500 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

MARAD’s PIDP grants will help eligible applicants complete critical port and port-related infrastructure projects in urban, rural, and tribal communities. Applicants include port authorities, state and local governments, indigenous tribal nations, counties, and other eligible public entities.

Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to support projects that improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal connections to ports.

Maritime Administrator Ann Phillips said that projects selected to receive PIDP funding will support efforts by ports and industry stakeholders to modernise and expand port capacity to accelerate the movement of goods across the United States.

The NOFO is available on www.grants.gov by searching on CFDA number 20.823 or Opportunity number MA-PID-24-001. The deadline for applications is 23:59 US Eastern Time on May 10, 2024.