2008 News and Events
2008 Port News and Events
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There is no scientific proof that closing the Seaway will keep invasive species out of the lake according to the highest respected scientists in the U.S.
“The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has confirmed that the idea of closing the Seaway is legally unfeasible, politically unrealistic, and economically disastrous for the U.S. and Canada,” said SLSDC Administrator Terry Johnson. “Closure would damage trade, increase surface congestion, provoke negative environmental impacts, and still fail to prevent future non-native species from entering the Great Lakes,” Seaway Adminstrator Terry Johnson said.
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Port of Milwaukee Receives a Grant to Refurbish the Grand Trunk site dock.
On Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Governor Doyle announced the Harbor Assistance Grant awarded to the Port of Milwaukee to refurbish the port Grand Trunk site dockwall. The State of Wisconsin's Harbor Assistance Grant awarded $480,000 to the port with matching funds from the City of Milwaukee for $120,000 for the total of $600,000 to complete the project. The grant allows the port to develop the Grand Trunk site for industrial use.
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The Kinnickinnic River will be dredged this coming year and plans are for a new waterfront shopping and eatery area will develop once the project is complete. The area is located just off I-94 and Becher Street exit and extends to the Municipal Mooring Basin to the east. The confined disposal facility at the Port of Milwaukee will be used to contain the dredged material of approximately 170,000 cubic yards of sediment. This part of the project will be funded by the state via the Port of Milwaukee and the federal government, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The dredging work will be managed by the Corps and the Port of Milwaukee.The City of Milwaukee will provide some funding in addition to the state fund of about $1.5 or $1.7 million. The state money has been provided to the Port of Milwaukee through the Department of Transportation last year.
The following two news clips were copied from the Seaway Channel, a blog partly sponsored by the Port of Milwaukee which can be viewed in it's entirety at www.seawaychannel.com :
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 08:43AM by
The U.S. and Canadian corporate entitites that jointly manage the St. Lawrence Seaway, the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) plan to host a trade development mission with stops in Genoa, Italy and Istanbul, Turkey during the week of Novemeber 7-15 this year.
The trip will be the 30th international trade mission held by the Seaway entities since the program began in 1985. This will be the trade mission program's fourth visit to Italy and the second visit to Turkey. The mission is designed to provide opportunities for Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway maritime industry leaders to make strategic business connections with key players in the European players in the dry bulk and breakbulk sectors of the shipping industry. Additionally, the Seaway entities will have the opportunity to give European shipowners and cargo interests full briefings on operation, technical and regulatory developments within the Seaway System and explain and gather feedback on the new business incentive tolls program that was expanded earlier this year.
AMERICAN GREAT LAKES PORTS SUMMER MEETING. AGLP will hold their summer meeting at the Hotel Sierra in Green Bay, WI on August 12, 2008 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Those interested may attend free of charge, put ask you RSVP to fisher@greatlakesports.org.
The WBA is going to sea... The next GENERAL MEETING of the Wisconsin Biodiesel Association & Green Diesel Wisconsin will be held SEPTEMBER 16th, at the PORT OF MILWAUKEE at 2323 S Lincoln Memorial Drive, for their 3rd Quarter meeting. The Port will soon be home to Innovation Fuels new Midwest biofuel terminal and biodiesel production facility. Vice President of both WBA and Innovation Fuels, Hardy Sawall will share the project with them via presentation/update and Port tour. This endeavor represents an exciting development for Midwestern biofuels delivery and supply chain infrastructure. Additionally, the meeting will provide an update on Wisconsin's '08-'09 RFS legislative effort, introduce the WBA's newest members, and our new Green Diesel Wisconsin Foundation specifics.
On Tuesday evening, June 3, 2008, a meeting took to hear public comment about the future of two pieces of Port property.
The former Army Reserve Base site at 2372 S. Logan Avenue has been razed and the Department of City Development in coordination withthe Bay View Alderman Tony Zelinski and the Port of Milwaukee welcomed comments from the Bay View neighborhood on suggestions for developing the site. The community event brought together approximately 55 neighbors to the Port Administration Building for a 2-1/2 hour presentation and Q&A session.
A presentation was also given on the future possibilities of the Confined Disposal Facility located adjacent to the Lake Express High Speed Ferry site.
