Economic Stimulus
Economic Stimulus
Economic Stimulus
An economic stimulus of $325 million in estimated annual business activity generation.
Greener Transportation
Economic Stimulus
Economic Stimulus
Decrease carbon emissions by 50% compared to trucks and 20% compared to trains. Fewer harmful emissions will help save our planet from pollution and create a greener, more sustainable world.
Big Savings
Economic Stimulus
Big Savings
While the interstate highway system costs more than $70 billion to maintain annually (2014 estimate), and $4.6 trillion to ultimately fix, the marine highway costs nothing to build and little to maintain.
Job Creation
Economic Stimulus
Big Savings
2,200 estimated jobs provided annually in the U.S. for direct/indirect vessel build & operation.
Tax Breaks
Tax Breaks
Tax Breaks
Those participating in this model would reap the benefits of multiple tax breaks and incentives such as coastwise trade, depreciation, Capital Construction Fund, Foreign Income Tonnage Tax Exemption, the Foreign Financing Exemption and creation of carbon emission tax credits. Moreover, environmentally conscious companies reap Wall Street
Those participating in this model would reap the benefits of multiple tax breaks and incentives such as coastwise trade, depreciation, Capital Construction Fund, Foreign Income Tonnage Tax Exemption, the Foreign Financing Exemption and creation of carbon emission tax credits. Moreover, environmentally conscious companies reap Wall Street benefits and are able to take advantage of the future sale of carbon credits.
Operational Efficiency
Tax Breaks
Tax Breaks
By switching to a modernized marine transportation system, GSL will help alleviate the disruption of transportation that is inevitable by increasing the efficiency and countless benefits for the fulfillment of goods at all points of sale.
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Helping Create Jobs
Benefiting our Environment
Benefiting our Environment
- Growth in population and GDP will generate additional demands for container transportation solutions, thus creating a need for new job opportunities
- Revitalizing American shipbuilding will create thousands of new American jobs
- Create job opportunities at many of the country’s ports and regional shipyards
Benefiting our Environment
Benefiting our Environment
Benefiting our Environment
- Reduction in energy spend and carbon footprint of a cargo’s logistics supply chains
- Advanced cost-effective company compliance with the new EPA sustainability standards and state regulations such as California’s AB32
- Ability to “heavy load” containers for water transport versus “over the road” interstate weight limitations for containers
- Reduction in pollution
- Reduction in gridlock
Stimulating our Economy
Benefiting our Environment
Stimulating our Economy
- Higher Wall Street sustainability ratings for companies who use water transportation resulting in reduced future borrowing cost of capital
- Significant fuel savings
- Improved methods of homeland security
- Improved supply chain security
- Additional supply chain option of supply chains for “dangerous cargos”
- Opportunities to increase “working capital velocity” for U.S. exporters