The Port of Boston was America’s first port, settled in the 1600s, providing commerce and opportunity to the region and country through waterborne commerce.
Read More »Current Features
The Digital Transformation Is Coming to a Port Near You
"Digitization" is the method of converting information or objects from their original form into digital files that can be identified by computerized systems.
Read More »Harmonizing Our Supply Chain
Our supply chain needs to be harmonized. I believe that the U.S. public would be startled at the level of dependency that our nation’s economy derives from all of the products that we ship through U.S. ports.
Read More »Behind the Scenes
AAPA data shows that total containers handled at the 10 largest U.S. ports by volume have declined 31 percent from the recent peak in May 2022 through February 2023.
Read More »Charting a Wise Legislative Course
Action is needed to fund projects to completion for the next phase of coastal navigation.
Read More »Seaport Recruitment Reshaped
Technology has reshaped recruiting in almost every industry, including seaports.
Read More »Leading by Example
By Nick Fortuna PHILIP STEURY PHOTOGRAPHY/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Paul Matthews said that without the support of two key mentors, he wouldn’t have become the first Black chief executive of a port in Louisiana. So, as he entered his second year at the helm of the Port of South Louisiana in January, Matthews was determined to pay it forward. Matthews, 39, left a ...
Read More »The Guayaquil Port Authority
The port-city of Guayaquil is one of the most powerful economic arteries and a symbol of Ecuador’s national economy.
Read More »Learning to Communicate when Communicating Has Never Been Easier — or Harder
The pandemic brought many changes to the way that organizations of all kinds operate, and communication is among the most profound and comprehensive of those transformations.
Read More »Insider Intel on the INFRA Awards
In 2021, the USDOT considered INFRA grant applications based on how they would address climate change, environmental justice and racial equity. These ports managed to crack the formula.
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