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Groundbreaking, Start of

Marine Highway Project

The Obama Administration’s con- tinuing commitment to a more effi- cient and “green” U.S. transportation system moved forward as Maritime

Administrator David T. Matsuda joined other federal, state and local officials at the Port of Stockton to officially break ground on California’s new Green Trade Corridor on Oct. 26. The $30m Transportation

Investment Generating Economic

Recovery (TIGER) grant will help develop a waterborne shipping route between Oakland, Stockton and West

Sacramento, which immediately cre- ates a new transportation alternative to conventional freight and cargo movement in Northern California.

Federal grants will be used to pur- chase or upgrade port facilities and the equipment needed to make the marine highway system a reality, including: • the construction of a staging area at the Port of Stockton for cargoes dedicated to the new marine highway and the purchase of two cranes and a barge to support the service • the construction of a distribution center and the purchase of a crane in

West Sacramento where freight, mostly agricultural products from

California’s Central Valley, will be re- packed, into larger containers for transport on water • the installation of electrical sup- ply at ship berths in the Port of

Oakland, which will allow operators to shut down an ocean-going vessel’s diesel engines while in port, further reducing the air emissions in this “green trade corridor”

Conrad Delivers Ferry

Conrad Industries delivered an alu- minum passenger vessel for Puerto

Rico Maritime Transportation

Authority (PRMTA). The Cayo

Blanco can carry 600 passengers on two decks and measures 160 x 32 x 13 ft and is powered by four MTU 12V-4000 M60 main engines with

MGX 6848 Twin Disc gears. The generators are John Deere and there is a 200 hp tunnel bow thruster. 28 MN November 2010

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Joseph R. Badeaux, Vice President & GM

Quality Shipyards, LLC 3201 Earhart Drive, Houma, LA 70361

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (985) 876-4846 builds

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Quality Shipyards, L.L.C., provides • New vessel construction • Vessel Design using the latest CAD programs • Conversion and Repair Services on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Houma, La.

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