密歇根州约800万美元加码海事经济：逾300万美元培训拨款进5所社区学院 500万美元港口拨款开放申请
Lansing——密歇根州州长 Gretchen Whitmer 10月19日宣布，州政府将投入约800万美元，加速全州海事经济发展，落实该州今年发布的首个海事战略（Michigan Maritime Strategy）。这笔投入分两路：一路补人力培训，一路补港口设施。
在培训方面，州劳工与经济机会部（Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity，LEO）向5所社区学院拨款逾300万美元，用于扩充海事与造船等高需求岗位的培训能力。密歇根是美国造船供应链的重要一环，全州约有300家造船供应商；据 LEO 援引的联邦口径，美国海军未来十年需要超过14万名海事与先进制造技能工人，焊接、船舶电气、机械加工等工种长期缺人。此前一周，Washtenaw Community College 已宣布获得 LEO 超过63万美元拨款，开设船舶结构焊接与修船证书课程，是这轮社区学院海事培训扩围的一部分。
在基础设施方面，州交通厅（Michigan Department of Transportation，MDOT）即日起开启总额500万美元的 Michigan Maritime and Port Facility Assistance（密歇根海事与港口设施援助）拨款轮，面向全州港口与海事设施的升级项目，申请截止日期为12月23日。该计划旨在降低货运成本、提升港口可靠性并减少货运的环境影响。
背景方面，密歇根州今年1月发布全州首个海事战略，这份为期10年的规划由州环境、五大湖与能源部（EGLE）牵头，联合交通厅、劳工与经济机会部等多个州级机构制定，目标包括港口现代化、壮大海事制造、加速低排放与零排放船舶技术、强化海事 workforce 培训等。据州政府数据，密歇根33个活跃港口支撑约1.7万个就业岗位、每年为全州经济贡献约33亿美元；水上旅游另支撑约4.5万个岗位、年产值近120亿美元。州长办公室表示，此次约800万美元投入正是该战略发布后的系列落实动作之一。
Michigan Puts About $8 Million Behind Maritime Growth: Over $3 Million in Training Grants to Five Community Colleges, $5 Million Port Grant Round Opens
LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on October 19 that Michigan will invest about $8 million to accelerate the state's maritime economic growth, putting money behind the first-ever Michigan Maritime Strategy released earlier this year. The package splits into workforce training and port infrastructure.
On the training side, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is awarding more than $3 million to five community colleges to expand training for high-demand maritime and shipbuilding jobs. Michigan is home to roughly 300 shipbuilding suppliers, and LEO has cited U.S. Navy projections of more than 140,000 skilled maritime and advanced manufacturing workers needed over the next decade. Earlier this month, Washtenaw Community College announced a LEO grant of more than $630,000 to launch a Marine Structural Welding and Ship Repair Certificate, part of the same statewide push.
On the infrastructure side, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has opened a $5 million round of the Michigan Maritime and Port Facility Assistance grant program for port and maritime facility upgrades, with applications due December 23.
The Michigan Maritime Strategy, a 10-year plan released in January and led by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) with MDOT, LEO and other state agencies, targets port modernization, maritime manufacturing growth, cleaner vessel technologies and workforce development. According to the state, Michigan's 33 active ports support about 17,000 jobs and $3.3 billion in annual economic activity, while water-based tourism supports about 45,000 jobs and nearly $12 billion a year.
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图片来源：五大湖货轮 Lee A. Tregurtha 号驶入 Sault Ste. Marie 的 Poe 船闸（资料图）。图：美国陆军工程兵团底特律分局（U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District）／Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。The Great Lakes freighter Lee A. Tregurtha entering the Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (file photo). Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District / Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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