The maritime and shipping industries face a challenge in determining where to first invest in decarbonizing operations to meet the International Maritime Organization’s goal of significantly cutting greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. From electrifying fleets to alternative fuels, the industry has multiple options. This panel covers the investments needed and those taking shape in the most promising technology that will be possible within the next five to ten years.
Years of deferred maintenance on the historic piers and wharves in the New York–New Jersey harbor are translating into billions of dollars needed to keep land-based port operations at current levels. Adding the impacts climate change will have on existing infrastructure, the infrastructure price tag for Port of New York and New Jersey is staggering. How will the Port Authority and governments in both states rise to meet this challenge? What will be required of the private sector and what policies and priorities must be addressed by both states for a sustainable future?
Truck congestion near port terminals, as well as on roads, bridges, and in neighborhoods is reaching a crisis point. With new local legislation proposed to curb neighborhood truck traffic and the push to decrease the size of highways such as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the time for comprehensive solutions, including waterborne ones, is here. This panel explores the impact of truck traffic on local communities, current and ongoing analysis of the problem of truck congestion, and the solutions proposed that need investment and prioritization by industry, government, and the Port Authority.
