Training & Networking: Port Security Seminar, Maritime Economic Development Presentations and White Papers, AAPA Annual Convention Exhibit Hall

AAPA’s education and training programs continue to highlight best practices and provide networking opportunities for the port industry. The Security Seminar begins on July 17, and presentations from the recent Maritime Economic Development Workshop are available on AAPA’s website. AAPA’s Maritime Economic Development Committee also announced the availability of three papers developed by its Real Estate Best Practices Work Group. The Exhibit Hall at AAPA’s Annual Convention in Orlando, October 13-17, is already two-thirds full so don’t delay if you wish to participate.

It’s not too late to plan to attend AAPA’s well-attended Port Security Seminar & Expo, which will be held July 17-19 in Baltimore. This event brings together security professionals from throughout the port industry and will address key security and safety challenges confronting public seaports. 

Presentations from the AAPA 2013 Maritime Economic Development Workshop, held in Chicago on June 27-28, are now posted to the AAPA website and are accessible by clicking here. Presentations made at the MED Committee meeting following the workshop are accessible on the committee’s web page by clicking here.  

Please note that only "non-proprietary" presentations allowed by the specific speakers to be shared outside the workshop or committee meeting are posted. In some cases, the presentations are available only to AAPA members, which means members must log on to the AAPA website to view them.

The Real Estate Best Practices Work Group, which is chaired by Port of Los Angeles Deputy Executive Director Kathryn McDermott and associated with AAPA’s Maritime Economic Development Committee, has developed three reports that will likely be of interest to anyone involved in developing, leasing, selling, managing or marketing port real estate.

The first is a 34-page white paper on port property economic development best practices. (Click here to access.) Its purpose is to highlight economic development-oriented practices from representative landlord ports across the continental United States. Team members involved in creating this the report include Michael Vanderbeek with Port Everglades; Jill Morgan with Marisolve, LLC; Ian Lamont with The Lamont Group, LLC; Tim Golden, an independent communications consultant formerly with the Port of Los Angeles; Eutimio Gomez with the Port of Los Angeles; and Jing Li, formerly with the Port of Long Beach and now a consultant with the Port Cities program at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The second is also white paper, this one a seven-pager on port property lease structures. (Click here to access.) The objective was to present a compendium of current port policies, practices and lease provisions as a reference for AAPA members. Oversight on and guidance of the project was provided by the work group’s Lease Structure Subgroup, including Port of Los Angeles’ Kathryn McDermott; Jay Stewart with the Port of Tacoma; Steve Hagar with the Port of Everett; and Spencer Stewart, a consultant in the Government Services Group at Yardi Systems Inc.

The third is a 69-page port property management research paper, developed by Franc J. Pigna, managing director for Aegir LLC Port Property Advisers. (Click here to access.) This report surveys a cross section of ports geographically and functionally to identify current port management viewpoints on property assets. It also reviews many of the port property asset challenges faced by ports and discusses areas for further research and study.

Even though the Annual Convention (October 13-17 in Orlando, Fla.) is still three months away, more than two-thirds of the exhibit booths have already been purchased. Companies that wait too long may miss the opportunity to showcase their goods and services at the premier seaport industry event of the year. For more information, go to www.aapa-ports.org/2013exhibits.

If your customer targets include seaports, marine terminal operators, integrators, suppliers and other industry stakeholders, exhibiting at the American Association of Port Authorities Annual Convention will provide you direct access to the top decision makers – port commissioners and senior level port professional, integrator, supplier and other stakeholder staff from throughout the Western Hemisphere. We hope to see you in Orlando in October.

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