Ninety-five percent of U.S. foreign trade travels through our nation’s ports. Furthermore, maritime trade is expected to double in the next 20 years. Portfields is a federal interagency partnership addressing brownfields in and around port communities, with an emphasis on the development of environmentally sound port facilities. The goal of the portfields initiative is to improve the nation’s marine transportation system, revitalize waterfront areas, and restore and protect coastal resources.
Apex is a pioneer in the provision of portfield services. We have done extensive work at the port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, one of the nation’s three “Portfields Demonstration Pilot Ports.” As part of this portfields program, we have been instrumental in helping the City of New Bedford and the Town of Fairhaven:
- Undertake navigational dredging for harbor maintenance
- Improve and extend bulkheads and piers
- Protect and enhance the habitat
- Redevelop brownfields areas around the port
- Improve public access
- Manage contaminated sediments
This experience-combined with our expertise in harbor infrastructure and brownfields redevelopment-make Apex uniquely qualified for portfield-related projects nationwide. Our portfields services can include:
- Grant and funding consultation
- Analysis and design services
- Dredging and geophysical services
- Sediment management services
- Phase I and Phase II targeted brownfields assessments (TBA)
- Regulatory consulting
- Site remediation
- Construction oversight
