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Ever wonder or get asked who owns the infrastructure at America's seaports? To help identify the responsible entities and the funding gaps for each of the various transportation connections with ports, AAPA has developed an infographic, "Endangered Seaports: The Big Picture." It shows the challenges America’s ports face in facilitating the movement of goods.
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Business activity at Port Canaveral generated $2 billion and 17,000 jobs for the local community in 2012, up 73 percent in business revenue since 2009, according to a newly released consultant’s economic impact assessment.
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Honda will begin shipping autos to the Port of Davisville in Rhode Island starting in 2014. The autos will be finished and processed by North Atlantic Distribution, Inc. (NORAD), a tenant of the Quonset Business Park.
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The Government of Canada is contributing funding for new technology development at the Port of Halifax. With larger ships accessing the harbor, the port authority sees a need to continuously monitor vessel clearances under each of the harbor bridges. The upgrading and enhancing of the bridge air gap system will enable the port to precisely measure the ship clearance.
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The port commission of the Port of Houston Authority at its April 23 meeting authorized negotiation of a contract with a Finnish company to supply four dockside electric container cranes for Wharf No. 1 at Barbours Cut Container Terminal.
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The Port of Hueneme celebrated Earth Day on April 22 by unveiling an "Environmental Management Framework," which provides setting strategic direction for the implementation of action plans pertaining to air, water, marine resources, soil and sediments, energy and climate change.
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The board of directors of the Jacksonville Port Authority on April 23 unanimously voted to offer the position of JAXPORT chief executive officer to long-time maritime and public agency executive Juan Kuryla, PPM®.
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The Port of Long Beach on April 23 awarded $58,000 to 24 high school and college students who are pursuing careers in fields related to international trade and goods movement.
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Mexico's port system processed more than 67.9 million metric tons of cargo during first quarter 2013, an increase of 1.0 percent from a year ago, according to "preliminary" data compiled and reported by the federal port agency.
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The board of commissioners of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey on April 24 awarded a $743.3 million contract as part of a $1.29 billion program to increase the navigational clearance of the Bayonne Bridge.
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 Port Metro Vancouver's 2013 Alaska cruise season began April 18 with the docking of Holland America's Zaandam, bring the first of the 820,000 passengers and 191 vessel calls the port authority is expecting this season at its Canada Place and Ballantyne cruise terminals.
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 The Port of San Diego welcomed two new commissioners when Rafael Castellanos and Marshall Merrifield took the oath of office at the port administration building on April 15.
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 The first of two tunnel boring machines for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Central Subway Project arrived April 22 at the Port of San Francisco's Pier 80 Omni Terminal aboard the M/V Aggersborg.
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The Port of Seattle Commission has selected Stephanie Bowman of Seattle to fill the seat vacated by Rob Holland. Ms. Bowman, now executive director of the Washington Asset Building Coalition, is the former manager of federal government affairs at the Port of Tacoma.
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Flowers help control stormwater pollution while providing color at the Port of Tacoma's administration building. In time for Earth Day, port staff spent a recent Friday lunch planting four downspout treatment boxes to keep pollutants from flowing into Commencement Bay.
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The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) has submitted a joint application to the VI Coastal Zone Management Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permits to dredge the East Gregerie Channel in Crown Bay, St. Thomas.
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The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) reports container throughput at its Hampton Roads maritime terminals grew in March for the third straight month, up 7.9 percent from a year ago to 169,390 TEUs, with increases of 3.1 percent and 13.1 percent, respectively, for exports and imports.
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