Latest News - ProvPort

August 15, 2018

Waterson Terminal Services expands stevedoring to two more local ports

PROVIDENCE – Waterson Terminal Services will expand its stevedoring services to two additional ports in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, the company announced Wednesday. The company is now licensed to offer the services of longshoremen at New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal and the Port of Davisville at Quonset Business Park. Waterson now provides both management services and stevedoring at the Port of Providence.

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May 30, 2018

Deepwater Wind to invest $250 million in Rhode Island to build utility-scale offshore wind farm

PROVIDENCE -- Deepwater Wind will invest $250 million in Rhode Island and use a local workforce of more than 800 to build a utility-scale offshore wind farm that would be able to meet the electric needs of 200,000 households in the state, CEO Jeffrey Grybowski and Governor Gina Raimondo announced Wednesday morning.

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May 30, 2018

Deepwater Wind: $250M wind farm to create 50 jobs, power 200K homes

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Rhode Island officials hope a new $250-million offshore wind farm will not only power tens of thousands of homes, but also make the state a leader in the nation's wind energy industry.

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Sep 7, 2017

New waterfront walking path unveiled in Providence

Mayor Jorge O. Elorza met with representatives of Save The Bay and ProvPort Inc. Thursday to announce a newly developed waterfront walking path at ProvPort. The pathway will be open to the public, and is designed for walking, bird watching, fishing, dog walking and photography. The trail will not have any public facilities.

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Sep 7, 2017

CRMC, ProvPort, Save The Bay open newest Urban Coastal Greenway

The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, along with ProvPort, the City of Providence and Save The Bay, will open more green space and public access along the waterfront in the city with the creation of an Urban Coastal Greenway (UCG) at an old landfill situated between ProvPort and Save The Bay headquarters.

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Sep 7, 2017

New waterfront walking path unveiled at ProvPort

Officials at ProvPort and Save The Bay on Thursday unveiled a new public walking path with a stunning view of Narragansett Bay on a decommissioned landfill off of Allens Avenue.

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May 24, 2017

Ports in RI, CT, MA, plot course to deal with changing shipping industry

Cargo ships are growing. Shipping rates have plunged. Ports are expanding across the East Coast. What do those and other changes mean for New England ports and Rhode Island businesses? That was one of the questions industry experts mulled Wednesday at Bryant University's World Trade Day. "If New England ports continue to focus on areas where they have a competitive advantage, there is a bright future for them," John Reeve, president and founder of Reeve & Associates.

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