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Michigan boxport poised to export cars and farm produce
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/04/14 15:01:57
MICHIGAN's inaugural container terminal is being constructed in Monroe, with the potential to enhance the state's supply chain, aid automotive production, and ship agricultural goods to distant markets, reports the Detroit News.
The Port of Monroe has been granted US$16 million in federal and state subsidies to erect the terminal, allowing it to handle container shipments, the most common and efficient method for shipping goods.
The port is located on River Raisin, which flows into the west end of Lake Erie, US Senator Gary Peters announced in October that the Port of Monroe would be awarded $11 million through the Port Infrastructure Development Programme, granted by the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD), a US Department of Transportation division.
It received an additional $5 million in state funding in November.
The terminal will be Michigan's first maritime container terminal and the most contemporary facility of its kind on the Great Lakes.
The upper Great Lakes 61,564-dwt bulk carrier James R Barker was docked at the Port of Monroe April 3, with state and federal funding providing improvements to the port.
"This port has been working for more than seven years to be able to handle containerised cargo, and now with the new container terminal, Michigan automakers can export cars and trucks they make to Europe via the St Lawrence Seaway," said Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
"By supporting facilities like the Port of Monroe on a state, federal, and local level, we can work together to bolster Michigan's supply chain."
"This port is really vital to our state's economy. The goods that flow here represent some of our most profitable and important industries like mining, energy, and, soon, agriculture. The diversified economy activity spurred by the port supports thousands of jobs through the supply chain and drives tens of millions of dollars of profit. It's a big deal," said Governor Whitmer.
"If you look at a map and see all of the commerce that comes through this part of the Great Lakes system, you'd recognise that this is a really important place for us to be. This is critical. A lot of facilities here were born in the 1930s and have not been significantly upgraded until now."
The Port of Monroe has been granted US$16 million in federal and state subsidies to erect the terminal, allowing it to handle container shipments, the most common and efficient method for shipping goods.
The port is located on River Raisin, which flows into the west end of Lake Erie, US Senator Gary Peters announced in October that the Port of Monroe would be awarded $11 million through the Port Infrastructure Development Programme, granted by the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD), a US Department of Transportation division.
It received an additional $5 million in state funding in November.
The terminal will be Michigan's first maritime container terminal and the most contemporary facility of its kind on the Great Lakes.
The upper Great Lakes 61,564-dwt bulk carrier James R Barker was docked at the Port of Monroe April 3, with state and federal funding providing improvements to the port.
"This port has been working for more than seven years to be able to handle containerised cargo, and now with the new container terminal, Michigan automakers can export cars and trucks they make to Europe via the St Lawrence Seaway," said Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
"By supporting facilities like the Port of Monroe on a state, federal, and local level, we can work together to bolster Michigan's supply chain."
"This port is really vital to our state's economy. The goods that flow here represent some of our most profitable and important industries like mining, energy, and, soon, agriculture. The diversified economy activity spurred by the port supports thousands of jobs through the supply chain and drives tens of millions of dollars of profit. It's a big deal," said Governor Whitmer.
"If you look at a map and see all of the commerce that comes through this part of the Great Lakes system, you'd recognise that this is a really important place for us to be. This is critical. A lot of facilities here were born in the 1930s and have not been significantly upgraded until now."