AAPA Seaports Advisory

 

Manuel Almira, executive director of the Port of Palm Beach District, has completed AAPA's Professional Port Manager (PPM®) program. Mr. Almira is the first from his port and the 89th candidate overall to be certified since the program's inception in 1995. His PPM® paper, "A Business Case for a South Florida Inland Port," is available on the AAPA website as a free download for members and for purchase by non-members.

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AAPA has taken advantage of the quiet news cycle in Washington this month to work with national media outlets to raise awareness of the U.S. port industry and reinforce the "Seaports Deliver Prosperity" message. On August 6, AAPA President and CEO Kurt Nagle participated in a live broadcast of C-SPAN's National Journal from the Port of Virginia. And on August 27-28, AAPA will partner with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Shipping Association to host an Influencer's Roundtable and Media Port Tour.

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Import volume at the largest U.S. containerized retail cargo handling container ports is expected to grow 1.7 percent in August from a year ago, reversing the negative trend of the past five months, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released August 13 by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. New cargoes provide grounds for optimism for the St. Lawrence Seaway, with several ports - including the Port of Monroe, Port of Cleveland, Port of Milwaukee, Port of Duluth-Superior and Port of Quebec - handling heavy lifts for Great Lakes region projects. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Foreign Trade Zones Board has approved an application by the Port of South Louisiana (PSL) for the expansion of Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 124.

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Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) this September will become the Port of Baltimore's newest auto customer. Federal Marine Terminals (FMT) will continue to provide terminal and stevedore services at the Port of Milwaukee, under the terms of a lease agreement recently approved by the port's governing harbor commission. The Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) and Dole Food Company announced August 13 that they had reached an agreement in principle by which Dole will continue to use the Port of Wilmington for the next 15 years.

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AAPA's schedule of 2014 education and training programs is now available on the AAPA website at www.aapa-ports.org/training. Please plan your budgets, mark your calendars and start making your plans to attend another excellent slate of programs. We will let you know when online registration opens.

 

Errol L. Bush, AAPA's chairman of the board in 1995-1996 and past chair of the association's Caribbean delegation, is the new chairman of the board of the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands. The Brown County Port and Solid Waste Department, which oversees the Port of Green Bay, has a new name. Now called Brown County Port and Resource Recovery, the change reflects a newly reorganized department.

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The Port of Galveston has been awarded Logistics Management magazine's 2013 Quest for Quality Award in the Ports category. The Port of Hueneme was honored recently by the Railway Industrial Clearance Association (RICA) as 2012's Most Improved Port.

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A new container handling gantry crane arrived at the Port of Prince Rupert's Fairview Container Terminal on August 3 aboard the heavy cargo vessel Zheng Hua 11, concluding its 8,300-kilometer journey from its manufacturer in Shanghai, China. Longshoremen at the Jacksonville Port Authority's Talleyrand Marine Terminal were busy last week unloading 11,000 tons of palletized aluminum ingots, the largest shipment of its kind at the port in more than five years.

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New Employment Listings:
Director, Engineering - Port of Tacoma
Manager, Industry Analysis & Strategic Relations - New York, NY

New Request for Proposals:
Request for Proposal: Business Development Services for the Port of Hueneme

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Public Port Authorities:
Bridging Ports and Communities - Saint John, New Brunswick - August 16, 2013
11,000 Tons of Aluminum Arrive at JAXPORT in One Shipment - Jacksonville, Florida - August 13, 2013
Sustained Growth at Port Saint John - Saint John, New Brunswick - August 13, 2013
Foreign Trade Zone 124 Expands Service Area to Tangipahoa Parish - LaPlace, Louisiana - August 12, 2013
St. John Airport Boasts Longer Runway, Ready for Larger Aircraft - LaPlace, Louisiana - August 8, 2013

Affiliated Businesses:
USTDA To Host Delegation of Key Southern African Officials - Washington, District of Columbia - August 19, 2013
New Cargoes Boost St. Lawrence Seaway Commerce - Washington, District of Columbia - August 12, 2013

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