Features

Security and surveillance are among top uses, but ports are deploying unmanned aerial systems for a raft of applications ranging from surveying construction sites to filming videos to boost community relations.

The theme of this issue of Seaports Magazine is Making the Connection, which can be applied to a variety of solutions in the port industry and the supply chain, as a whole. From communication connections to workforce connections and data/cyber connections to cruise connections, the idea of networking, transparency, creativity and resiliency with all types of connections is a crucial ...

Austin, Texas | September 26-29, 2021 | JW Marriott Austin

Signs of a post pandemic ‘new normal’ are slowly beginning to emerge. For sure, life on the other side of the “once-in-a-century” experience we’ve all been living through will be different. COVID-19 has changed much. The important takeaway is that we look at the pandemic through a panoramic lens that encompasses the entire industry.

Ports shift communications methods and strategies during COVID-19, resetting how they engage.

Ports continue to forge deep connections with industry partners, labor unions, government, schools and communities to ensure a talented, upskilled and diverse workforce for the future.

It has been a ridiculously difficult year for cruise. In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 pantsed the industry and it has yet to recover. All is not lost.

AAPA is excited to announce Ports Day 2021! On April 5, the 6th Annual Western Hemisphere Ports Day is an opportunity for AAPA members to collectively recognize and celebrate the value of ports and the port workforce. The Ports Day 2021 theme, Celebrating Our Workforce, acknowledges the port industry in their efforts to accelerate economic recovery from the COVID-19 era, develop ...

The theme of this issue is A Fresh Start for Ports. Just as many of us are adjusting to a new type of normal, ports are as well. But, they are also taking this opportunity to reimagine what opportunities will present themselves in the future and are adjusting plans accordingly. Features take a look at what ports have done over ...

By Tom Gresham The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted plans around the world. Ports, for instance, faced an array of challenges in 2020 that tested their resources in ways that were unprecedented – a series of vicious curve balls thrown at every aspect of their operations. However, ports responded with creativity and resolve to excel in the face of the pandemic and ...