Towboats to Get Environmentally Friendly Engines
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
28 July 2010
By Don Hopey,
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission has received a $1.15 million grant
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to install less-polluting
diesel engines and generators in four towboats used on Pittsburgh area
rivers.
According to the EPA, the Port of Pittsburgh and three participating
marine towing companies will contribute $1.9 million in matching
funding for the repowering project, which was announced today at a news
conference aboard RiverQuest's Explorer, an environmentally designed
boat that is used as a floating environmental classroom and is docked
on the North Shore.
According to the EPA, the project will reduce air pollution and lessen
the overall environmental impacts of commercial river traffic on the
rivers.