Mayor de Blasio, local pols announce South Brooklyn Marine Terminal to be reactivated
It’s back!
Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by state, federal and local dignitaries at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) on Monday morning, June 29, to announce the reactivation of a new maritime shipping hub in southwest Brooklyn in an effort to generate a large number of high-quality jobs at the working waterfront as well as improve the area’s environment.
According to de Blasio, cargo ships that would have docked in New Jersey will be docking here in Brooklyn, bringing good jobs, taking trucks off our streets and helping spur this growing industrial hub. The port will be a part of the federal marine highway, which includes approximately 29,000 miles of navigable waterways within the U.S.