AAPA Seaports Advisory

The Florida Inland Navigation District is a special state taxing district that functions as the "local sponsor" of the Atlantic Intercoastal waterway project in Florida. The district provides all lands required for this federal/local project, including rights of way and sites for dredged material management.

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Gov. Larry Hogan on September 2 announced his appointments of Brenda Dandy and Walter Tilley to the Maryland Port Commission, the six-member body that sets policy for the Port of Baltimore. Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson was elected chairman of the Florida Ports Council (FPC) during the group’s annual board meeting on September 3.   Hueneme Harbor Commissioner Mary Anne Rooney was named president of the Association of Pacific Ports (APP) at the group’s 102nd Annual Conference last month in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung.

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A new mobile application introduced by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) aims to shorten the already speedy truck times at Conley Container Terminal in the Port of Boston. The app will provide customers, primarily trucking companies and drivers, access to container availability information in real time on their smartphones before they arrive at the terminal, saving time and avoiding potential issues at the terminal gate. The Port of New York and New Jersey's Council on Port Performance’s newly introduced Terminal Information Portal System (TIPS) enables users to check container availability and export booking status, as well as to obtain information on terminal-specific news such as extended hours, holiday schedules or row closures at all six of the port's container terminals. The summer-long backlog of container ships at San Francisco Bay is fading, says the Port of Oakland. The port said on September 1 that for the sixth straight day no vessels were at anchor waiting for berths at its five marine terminals.

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Port Saint John’s main shipping channel will be deepened from 8.4 to 20 meters (26 to 33 feet) as part of a seven-year C$C205 million facility modernization program co-funded by the port authority and the federal and provincial governments of Canada and New Brunswick.  The deeper channel will allow cruise vessels to dock regardless of the tidal stage, allowing longer port stays for cruise guests.

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The board of commissioners of the Brownsville Navigation District (BND) voted August 19 to cut the district’s property the tax rate by 3.17 percent. The tax last year generated revenues amounting to nearly $3.1 million, most of which was used to service general obligation bond debt.

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A new customer for the Port of Savannah, Trident Seafoods, has opened a $40 million production and distribution center in Carrollton (GA), providing 175 full-time jobs and the capacity to produce 50,000 tons of finished products annually for the U.S. market.

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The Port of Olympia’s stormwater treatment system was recently named a 2015 Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association.

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General cargo tonnage and container volumes handled by Baltimore’s public marine terminals hit record highs in FY 2014-15, according to data reported by the Maryland Port Administration. The 11,388 TEU CMA CGM Callisto became the largest container ship ever to call a Puget Sound port when it docked at the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Terminal 18 in Seattle on September 1.

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Port Employment Opportunities:

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