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Viewpoint: Kurt J. Nagle

Seaports Deliver Prosperity

Seaports have served as a crucial economic lifeline by bringing goods and services to people around the world for hundreds of years. Seaports continue to be a critical link and play a vital role in the global marketplace, but they don't always get credit for the significant contribution they make to our society and economy.

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Viewpoint: Ross Gaudreault

Canadian Ports Must Manage Strategically

After enjoying several profitable years in terms of traffic and economic success, most Canadian port authorities are now facing a very different situation.

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Special Feature

Community Outreach More Than Fun, Games

While community outreach efforts of seaports often feature fun and games, what is at stake is a public awareness that is far more broad-reaching, extending to ensuring the very existence of port operations.

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Guest Article

Pier project digs deep for 'green' solutions

As part of its long-term strategic plan to support large-scale containerships, the Port of Long Beach initiated the Pier G Berth G232 wharf and backlands redevelopment project to serve ships capable of holding the equivalent of more than 8,000 twenty-foot-long containers.

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Guest Article

Proper Planning Vital to Effective Response

We've all heard the familiar quotes: "He who fails to plan, plans to fail," and "Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." Then there's my personal favorite, "Don't let the perfect get in the way of the doable."

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Special Report

Seaport Leaders Learn in Managing Response

The importance of communicating with stakeholders and the need to maintain focus on long-term objectives are among leadership lessons that port directors have learned in managing the current economic crisis, according to interviews conducted with a sampling of Western Hemisphere port directors.

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LATEST ISSUE:

Winter 2009-2010

Bolstering Supply Chain Security

As we look with optimism toward better days for our industry and the overall global economy in 2010, it's not too soon to start thinking about the American Association of Port Authorities' 2010 schedule of seminars and workshops, as well as the issues of AAPA Seaports Magazine that will focus on reflecting the subject matter of three of those programs.

In putting together the 2010 editorial calendar, the esteemed AAPA Seaports Magazine Editorial Advisory Panel has chosen to continue the linking of magazine issue themes with key AAPA programming, just as this issue, themed "Bolstering supply chain security," draws heavily from the AAPA Port Security Seminar and Exhibition, held July 22-24, 2009, in Houston.

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Case Study: Port Administration of Lázaro Cárdenas

Terminal Expansion Moving Forward

In the face of challenges posed by the global economic crisis, container terminal expansion is moving forward at the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, on Mexico's south-central Pacific Coast, as port officials seek to capitalize upon opportunities to attract a growing share of Asian commerce destined for U.S. markets.

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Spotlight

Georgia Official Pursues Creative Diversification

Creative diversification is critical for ports to successfully get through difficult times - and its pursuit is driving the director of external affairs for the Georgia Ports Authority to new imaginative vistas.

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Case Study: St. Lucia Air & Sea Ports Authority

Data automation provides benefits

On the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean, the St. Lucia Air & Sea Ports Authority, charged with the responsibility for ports of entry that includes two airports, two seaports and three marinas, has consistently embraced use of technology to improve operations. In 2007, SLASPA embarked on a major exercise toward improving the efficiency of its seaport operations by using automation to streamline core business processes and procedures.

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Case Study: Port Authority Of Trinidad And Tobago

Strategies Help Boost Inter-Island Fast Ferry

Strategies involving media and general public have proven effective in the success of the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago's reintroduction of fast ferry service between the key seaports of the twin-island southern Caribbean state.

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