摘要: |
Travis Black, director of the Maritime Administration's St. Louis Gateway Office, and Daniel Ladd, director of MarAd's Office of Financial Approvals since 2013, gave attendees at the Inland Marine Expo in Nashville, Tenn., a quick and informative tour of new federal funding opportunities opened up by recent legislation. These include changes that make inland operators, ports and/or shipyards eligible for funding assistance for which they previously didn't qualify. Some long-established grant programs were expanded or broadened in ways that give new opportunities to port districts. Their session was moderated by Mary Lamie, executive director of St. Louis Regional Freightway and executive vice president of multi-model enterprises for Bi-State Development, an economic development organization serving Missouri and Illinois. |