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May 26, 2017

Trump wants $108M for deeper ports

  • But only two ports — Boston and Savannah — would get the money.
    • By RUSS BYNUM
    Associated Press

    SAVANNAH, Ga. — President Donald Trump wants $108 million to deepen harbors for two U.S. seaports, while other ports scrambling to make room for larger cargo ships will benefit from a boost of more than $56 million already approved by Congress.

    Ports from New England to Texas are seeking more than $4.6 billion in federal and state funding to deepen their harbors. They're playing catch-up after the Panama Canal finished a major expansion last summer that is sending supersized ships to U.S. ports on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.


     
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