Proposal could create new international port on Niagara County shore

SOMERSET, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority, Ontario's largest, has plans to establish a new international port in Niagara County.The proposal, which would create a nautical route from Oshawa to Somerset, would result in a port on an 1800-acre site owned by Beowulf Electricity & Data Inc. on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Formerly, HOPA says this was New York's last coal plant before it was retired in 2020.A memorandum of understanding between the two entities pledges to