Bill Text: PA HR558 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing the establishment of a sister port relationship between the Port of Philadelphia and Sydport, Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-10)

Status: (Passed) 2009-12-08 - Adopted [HR558 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR558-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2972
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 558 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY W. KELLER, ADOLPH, BISHOP, BRENNAN, CRUZ, DALLY, FAIRCHILD, KORTZ, KOTIK, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MURPHY, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, READSHAW, ROSS, SANTONI, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEVENSON, VEREB, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD AND D. COSTA, DECEMBER 8, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, DECEMBER 8, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the establishment of a sister port relationship
between the Port of Philadelphia and Sydport, Sydney, Nova
Scotia.
WHEREAS, The Port of Philadelphia (PoP) is a port facility of
the Maritime Joint Labor Management Committee of Delaware Bay
(MLMC); and
WHEREAS, The MLMC port facilities account for between 4% and
5% of the containerized trade moving within the North Atlantic
port range (NAPR), have excellent rail service and are
competitively priced and geographically well situated to
increase market share within the NAPR; and
WHEREAS, Containerized cargo provides the greatest regional
economic impact of all cargo modes, and the MLMC desires to work
in a coordinated fashion to increase container volume within the
Port of Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, There is available land to support new container
terminal facilities within the area of the Port of Philadelphia;
and
WHEREAS, The Suez Canal will increasingly become the trade
lane of choice for cargo from Southeast Asia and the Indian
subcontinent, and this cargo will be carried in larger vessels;
and
WHEREAS, There is an approved development for a container
terminal in Sydney, Nova Scotia (Sydport), the first port of
call on mainland North America for vessels transiting via the
Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea, specifically designed to
accommodate the largest container vessels unconstrained by air
gap or water depth; and
WHEREAS, Sydport has existing rail service into the North
American network, but an important part of its business also
involves transshipment to a terminal, such as the Port of
Philadelphia, that can economically service a large portion of
the consumer market currently serviced by the ports of New York,
New Jersey and Virginia; and
WHEREAS, In September 2009, the MLMC and the Sydney Marine
Group (SMG), the entity that manages Sydport, entered into a
strategic alliance to cooperate in jointly developing the Port
of Philadelphia and Sydport; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
beneficial partnership among the Port of Philadelphia and
Sydport and urge the continued development of a sister port
relationship between those ports to grow the Port of
Philadelphia.
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