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Summer 2008 - AAPA SEAPORTS MAGAZINE
---- Ad closing: May 9, 2008
---- Ad Materials Due: May 12, 2008
---- Publication Date: June 6, 2008
- THEME: "The Changing Dynamics of World Trade."
- ISSUE INCLUDES: A section highlighting the Panama Canal expansion project; info and stats on shifting markets and
load centers; and stories featuring planned and proposed container terminal, transportation infrastructure
and distribution center developments in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Panama, other Latin American countries,
and planned/proposed Caribbean container transshipment centers (to deal with the super-super big containerships
already planned or in production).
- TREATMENT: Highlight the Panama Canal expansion as the "spigot" for much of the trade dynamics changes,
then focus on three key areas that need to change as a result:
- navigation improvements that need to be made to handle the bigger ships;
- marine terminal expansions that need to happen to handle bigger ships and increased cargo demands;
- landside transportation and distribution center improvements that will have to be made to handle the cargo increases after it leaves the marine terminals.
- PROPOSED GUEST COLUMNS: The guest columns we are considering asking for would ideally come from individuals who spoke at AAPA's highly-successful
Panama Canal Expansion workshop in Tampa in January, including:
- Rodolfo Sabonge, vice president of the Panama Canal Authority's Office of Market Research & Analysis OR Federico A. Humbert, Panama's ambassador to the U.S., writing about the Panama
Canal project and the changes they envision an expanded Panama Canal will bring with regard to handling more and larger ships;
- John Paul Woodley Jr., Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works program, talking about the navigation development challenges that lie ahead for
accommodating more cargo volume and bigger ships, especially on the East Coast, Great Lakes and in the Gulf;
- Ian S. Cairns, senior vice president for marine terminal operations at CMA CGM (America) Inc., talking about the challenges marine terminals
face in gearing up for more cargo and bigger ships;
- Mike DiVirgilio, senior vice president for development, Ceres Terminals Inc.; talking about the challenges ahead of improving goods movement, including developing
more and larger inland distribution centers, with the larger ships and increased cargo volumes.
- MAIN FEATURE: In addition to guest columns, Paul Scott Abbott will write the feature article, ideally with interviews from:
- Richard Wainio, port director & CEO, Tampa Port Authority;
- Robert West, managing director for global trade and transportation, Global Insight, Inc.;
- J. Michael Zachary, senior vice president of global supply chain services, Tompkins Associates
- Rick Ferrin, executive director, Jacksonville Port Authority OR Doug Marchand, executive director, Georgia Ports Authority;
- Don Krusel, port director, Port of Prince Rupert, B.C.;
- Glenn Hilton, managing director, DP World, Caucedo, Dominican Republic;
- Beverly Williamson, senior vice president of finance, Port Authority of Jamaica
- A two-page sidebar article will appear at the end of the main feature, highlighting and summarizing
activities and speakers at AAPA's Spring Conference, complete with photos.
- CASE STUDIES: Aaron Ellis and/or David Corey will research and write four, one-page "Case Studies" of ports and/or
communities that already are or are planning to gear up for the changing trade dynamics, with an example from
each of our four geographic regions:
- United States
- Canada
- Caribbean
- Latin America
- COLUMNS and SPECIAL PAGES:
- We will feature just one VIEWPOINT column for this issue, from Kurt Nagle. This is because we featured
Viewpoint columns from each of the four delegation chairs in both the Winter 2007-2008 issue and in the
2008 Seaports of the Americas Directory.
- We will feature the standard OUTBOUND column from publisher Ray Venturino, ideally highlighting results
from the latest Seaports survey.
- We will feature three LETTERS TO THE EDITOR on page 6, each "Letter" consisting of no more than 200 words.
- There will be one or two pages dedicated to the PORTS AND POLITICS section, with the latest news on whatever
subjects are most relevant (CBP cruise rule resolution? new environmental legislation such as MARPOL Annex
VI resolution? new legislation regarding short-sea shipping or something else?).
- The standard PORT PEOPLE section will conclude the issue, summarizing the latest personnel changes and
recognitions at our member ports.
UPCOMING 2008 ISSUES OF SEAPORTS MAGAZINE
FALL 2008 - AAPA SEAPORTS MAGAZINE
---- Ad closing Aug 8, 2008
---- Ad Materials Due Aug 14, 2008
---- Publication Date: Sept 15, 2008
-----THEME: "Port Environmental Achievements," including features on award-winning port environmental projects and
major milestones in port projects designed to improve the local and regional coastal environment. This
will be an especially attractive focus area for our 2008-2009 AAPA Chairman, Port of Los Angeles Executive
Director Geraldine Knatz, who will submit a by-lined Guest Feature on the Port of Los Angeles' environmental
initiatives. This issue will come out just in time for AAPA's Annual Convention in Anchorage.
WINTER 2008 - AAPA SEAPORTS MAGAZINE
---- Ad closing Nov 10, 2008
---- Ad Materilas Due Nov 14, 2008
---- Publication Date: Dec. 18, 2008
-----THEME: "Public (mis)Perceptions About Seaports," including a look at AAPA's port industry awareness initiative
and the work that other member ports are engaged in to enhance the public image and perception about the importance
of seaports. Since this issue will highlight events and activities that occurred at our Annual Convention in
Anchorage, one thought would be to include information on the development of the Port of Anchorage's marine
terminal and intermodal expansion project as part of the U.S. Strategic Ports Initiative, in which MARAD is
assisting for the first time (see below), and how the Port of Anchorage is "positioning" this new development.
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