The project will fund the purchase of a wheel loader with a container connector logging fork and block handling fork attachments that will allow the recipient to accept new kinds of cargo including…

The Department of Transportation Maritime Administration awarded Osprey Logistics LLC $1.6 million on November 3, 2025, under the United States Marine Highway Grants program (CFDA 20.816) to purchase a domestically manufactured, Build America Buy America compliant wheel loader equipped with container connector logging fork and block handling fork attachments for cargo handling operations.

The recipient will procure the wheel loader through competitive bidding to enable acceptance of new cargo types including shipping containers and heavy aggregate at its facility in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. The award funds performance through August 1, 2028, with quarterly measurement and reporting of freight movements on the designated marine highway route, including unitized freight volume in TEUs, metric tons, or cubic board meters; highway vehicle miles traveled avoided through use of the marine highway; and transloading events or cargo lifts disaggregated by mode type where applicable. The United States Marine Highway Grants program aims to mitigate landside congestion and expand water transportation along designated Marine Highway Routes by funding equipment procurement, vessel modifications, and planning efforts to increase freight movement.

The project will fund the purchase of a wheel loader with a container connector logging fork and block handling fork attachments that will allow the recipient to accept new kinds of cargo including shipping containers and heavy aggregate. Activities to be performed purchase a wheel loader with a container connector logging fork and block handling fork attachments. The wheel loader will be domestically manufactured and build america buy america baba compliant and will be selected through a competitive bidding process. Deliverables expected outcomes from page 9 schedule G of the grant agreement measure freight movements category and description economic competitiveness calculate the amount of unitized freight by tonnage volume transported on the designated marine highway route teus metric tons or cubic board meter CBM movements. Measurement frequency quarterly. Measure highway vehicle miles traveled VMT avoided. Category and description economic competitiveness calculate the VMT by obtaining the alternative road miles avoided by using the designated marine highway route. Measurement frequency quarterly. Measure transloading eventscargo lifts. Category and description economic competitiveness and opportunity measures the number of transloading events cargo lifts in the project study area. Must be reported in total and disaggregated by any of the following where applicable mode type EG truck to rail rail to truck truck to barge. Measurement frequency quarterly.