Lucinda Lessley, acting administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), will speak at the AAPA Facilities Engineering Seminar & Expo on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) and what it means for ports. Administrator Lessley will discuss funding programs available to ports and how to access these opportunities. Join port engineering professionals from around the globe April 12-14, ...

With less than three weeks until the Legislative Summit: Now, We Build! – AAPA’s preeminent leadership event in Washington, D.C. – the business program kicks off with speaker Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Attendees will also hear from Mitch Landrieu, White House Senior Advisor for Infrastructure Coordination. In addition, a high-impact roundtable discussion will explore how port supply chain partners are ...

The U.S. House of Representatives released the full text of the FY 2022 federal budget. The bill comes as government funding is set to expire on March 11, following almost six months of continuing resolutions to keep the government open since the onset of FY 2022 in October 2021. There is expectation Congress will pass the bill by Friday, March ...

The AAPA Finance & Administration Seminar has been rescheduled, and the new dates are November 8-10, 2022. Anyone previously registered need not re-register. The seminar will take place at the same hotel, the Astor Crowe Plaza in New Orleans, La., and those with a confirmed hotel reservation will automatically transfer to the new dates accordingly. Registrants unable to attend in November ...

As sustainability assumes a more prominent place in just about every port’s vision of its future, master planning and other strategic planning efforts increasingly are ensuring infrastructure proposals are closely aligned with ports’ sustainability needs.

Because ecosystem challenges, especially in supply chains, often cross jurisdictions, no single organization can make the type of systemic changes necessary to reduce economic, societal and environmental stressors. The best approach to sustainability may be to develop partnerships.

Five port authorities in Brazil are in the process of going through a privatization or divestiture process. This equates to some significant changes on the horizon – from an organizational and management perspective to infrastructure investments and efficiency.

Ports are taking ownership of their dredging projects and making sure they are not only beneficial to the shipping industry but are also only minimally invasive to the surrounding wildlife and environment.

In the past two years, the United States has learned the issues facing seaports and the maritime industry are some of the same issues with which the entire country is grappling.

At the 2021 Latin American Congress of Ports, Rita de Cássia Munck was named the new chair of the AAPA Latin American Delegation. She sat down with AAPA Seaports Magazine to share her background and goals, as well as insights, challenges, goals and ESG initiatives at Brazil’s ports.