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America’s Marine Highway Update Seaports Delivering Prosperity American Association of Port Authorities - Maritime Economic Development Committee? MEDC/America’s Marine Highway Work Group November 7, 2014 – Volume 2/2014 This edition of the America’s Marine Highway Update is brought to you by the American Association of Port Authorities Maritime Economic Development Committee (MEDC) and is intended to provide the latest published news and information from around the America’s Marine Highway and Short Sea Shipping industry. CONTENTS (Control + Click on top of page number to follow link to each Section) CONTENTS 1 SECTION 1 – CURRENT AMH CORRIDOR SERVICES 2 SECTION 2 - MARAD: AMERICA’S MARINE HIGHWAY PROGRAM 12 SECTION 3 - FUNDING MATTERS 17 SECTION 4 - LEGISLATIVE UPDATES 21 SECTION 5 - GET CONNECTED: AMH ONLINE LINKS 34 SECTION 6 - AMH ADVOCACY GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS 35 SECTION 7 - HISTORICAL REFERENCES AND PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT 41 SECTION 8 – CURRENT EVENTS 44 SECTION 9 - INTERNATIONAL SHORT SEA SHIPPING NEWS 61 SECTION 10 - PAST EVENTS 77 SECTION 11 - APPENDICES 83 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 83 AMH Update Issue Highlights: New player enters US-Mexico short-sea market, October 19, 2014, Section 8 Profit motive behind oil refiners ’Jones Act attack: US maritime leader, October 8, 2014, Section 8 Weekly Stockton-Oakland container barge service to end, August 8, 2014, Section 1 MARAD - Open Season in June for Marine Highway Projects, June 5, 2014, Section 1 A major victory for short sea shipping in Norway, October 22, 2014, Section 9 Commission clarifies EU rules on cabotage and reports on developments in this sector, April 22, 2014, Section 9 SECTION 1 – CURRENT AMH CORRIDOR SERVICES Current AMH Corridor Services: James River Barge Line between Norfolk and Richmond, VA now advertises three sailings per week (M-64 AMH Corridor) Tidewater Barge Lines between Ports of Lewiston, ID, Pasco, WA, and Boardman, OR, to Port of Portland, OR. Container on Barge Se