Huge project at Port Newark is part of a billion-dollar expansion of the nation’s busiest port

The Port Authority’s New York and New Jersey ports handled more cargo bound for stores and warehouses in March than any other port in the nation. If it is a product that consumers buy, drive, wear or eat — those items likely arrived by ship at the port.

Port Newark Container Terminal unveiled a $100 million facility Wednesday as part of a larger $1 billion investment to expand the port, add jobs and reduce air pollution.

The $100 million includes the purchase of 35 giant hybrid-powered straddle carriers, the massive machines that move and lift cargo containers on and off trucks. They’ll be repaired in a new high-tech maintenance building to keep them running. PNCT also purchased 54 near-zero-emission yard tractors…

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