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October 12, 2022

Tidewater gets $4M to buy dock crane

By JOURNAL STAFF

VANCOUVER — The U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday announced that Vancouver-based shipping company Tidewater Barge Lines is receiving a $4.17 million grant to purchase a dock crane, expanding the region's capacity to transport freight and waste on the Columbia River while reducing carbon emissions.

“Getting freight traffic off of our roads and onto our waterways means less traffic, fewer accidents, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell in a news release. “This $4.1 million investment will allow an additional 3,000 containers per year to travel via barge across the Columbia — containers that are currently moved by truck on our congested roadways.”


 
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