Constructed and operated by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal is the nation's first purpose-built offshore wind marshaling port. This facility is the product of exceptional collaboration between state and federal authorities to prepare the way for the U.S. offshore wind industry. Tufts faculty and alumni played important roles in the facility's development. (Photo credit: Susan Nilson 2014)
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Extensive environmental mitigations; shallow bedrock on a glacial moraine; and Jones Act requirements to support the world's heaviest cranes made the design and construction of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal not only the first of its kind in North America but also unique among the world's offshore wind ports. Read more about the project. (Photo credit: Jay Borkland 2014)
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Tufts alumni Christen Anton Wittman and Alan Waller discuss the quayside construction of the Marine Commerce Terminal. Read more about the collaboration between Tufts faculty and alums that brought this project to life.
Massachusetts Ports and Infrastructure Study
The New Bedford Terminal kicked off a wave of offshore wind port studies and development that continues to this day. Read more about the Massachusetts Ports and Infrastructure Study led by Tufts Visiting Scholar Jay Borkland in 2017. (Photo credit: Jay Borkland 2015)
