Industry Insights (blog)

On April 5, the annual Western Hemisphere Ports Day was another success, as ports and industry partners joined forces to celebrate the vital role of ports. This year’s theme, Strong Ports, Strong People, reflects the port industry’s steadfast efforts to build for a resilient future, ensure supply chain efficiencies, and foster professional development. AAPA thanks every port and industry partner ...

Paul Bingham, Director of Global Intelligence and Analytics for S&P Global Market Intelligence, will be sharing his expert forecasts for worldwide trade at the new AAPA Port Administration Management Conference taking place June 6-7 in San Pedro, CA. Bingham will address key commercial indicators in his presentation on The Port Economic Outlook 2023 and Beyond. At S&P, Bingham manages multimodal ...

AAPA’s annual Legislative Summit: Strong Ports, Strong America convened last week in Washington, D.C. The summit attracted hundreds of attendees from all regions of the country who came together to hear from top leaders in maritime transportation, government agencies, and the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. government. The four-day event featured a host of expert panels, federal policy ...

On Wednesday, April 5, AAPA, along with its entire hemispheric membership, will celebrate Western Hemisphere Ports Day. On this 8th annual celebration, the theme Strong Ports, Strong People, will recognize the industry’s role in ensuring supply chain efficiencies, building for a resilient future, and fostering professional development to propel the economy in nations they serve across the Americas. You can ...

Next week, the senior White House advisor on infrastructure, Mitch Landrieu will speak about the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic investments in port infrastructure and the continued efforts to implement those investments efficiently, at the AAPA Legislative Summit: Strong Ports, Strong America taking place in the Waldorf Astoria Washington, D.C. Mitch Landrieu serves as senior advisor to the President and infrastructure coordinator ...

AAPA has partnered with Trade Currents to improve our collection and reporting of critical port trade data that will not only support the needs of our members, but also benefit the broader trade and logistics industry, research community, and private institutions. The founding partners of Trade Currents include internationally recognized economists and trade analysts Dr. Walter Kemmsies, Andrei Roudoi and ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376), the budget reconciliation bill that includes $3 billion over five years to establish a new grant program to install electrified equipment and reduce emission at ports, as well as funding for ports seeking to purchase alternative-fueled cargo-handling equipment, shore power systems, microgrids for energy resiliency, electric grid infrastructure, and ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it has enhanced the renewal process for the TWIC program to help support critical transportation workers. Starting August 11, 2022, TSA enabled the ability for current TWIC holders to renew their credentials online, which eliminates the need to go to an enrollment center and makes the five-year renewal process more convenient. Jointly administered by TSA and ...

With an increasingly leading role in the global economy, Latin America is contending with uncertainty and economic vulnerability due to the crisis that began in 2020 with the pandemic, intensifying global climate change issues, the conflict in Ukraine and new health concerns. This situation has been undoubtedly relevant for the region’s port and logistics activity. The current impact on Latin America’s ...

By Jan Diekmann, Technical Account Manager – Advanced Industries, Transportation Industry, Ericsson, and Adam Schipper, Director of Business Development, Transportation and Logistics, Ericsson North America Ports are struggling to keep up with the demands of modern trade. The newest generation of mobile private networks are enabling use cases that through port automation will save costs, make operations more efficient and ...