{"id":1683,"date":"2020-01-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2020-01-21T13:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:15:58","slug":"aapa-seaports-magazinedecember-2019-beyond-the-cargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/23\/aapa-seaports-magazinedecember-2019-beyond-the-cargo\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Seaports Magazine,December 2019: Beyond the Cargo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the President&#8217;s Desk:  AAPA Poised for Growth, Change in 2020 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*By Chris Connor, President &amp; CEO, American Association of Port Authorities*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-1191x1536.jpg 1191w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-1588x2048.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/AAP-Q0419_C-scaled.jpg 1985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">It is hard to believe that, as I write this column, it has been nearly one month since I became CEO of AAPA. Honestly, it seems like it has been longer, and I attribute that to the fact that I\u2019ve been able to meet so many AAPA members via the Annual Convention in Norfolk, the Marketing &amp; Communications seminar up in Montreal, the AAPA Latin American Congress in Miami and, last but not least, the tour of ports that I\u2019ve undertaken during November and early December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few things I\u2019ve noticed about port CEO\u2019s and their senior staffs is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>they <em>love<\/em> their respective ports<\/li><li> they are <em>genuinely proud<\/em> of the role their ports play in our ecosystem <\/li><li> they are <em>driven<\/em> to continue to build out their infrastructure to accommodate trade growth <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And rightfully so\u2026 There\u2019s a lot to be proud of and impressed\nby, and I have found myself quickly shifting into advocacy mode when I\u2019m around\nfamily and friends and they ask me about how my new job with AAPA is going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m thrilled to be a part of this association and to have the\nchance to champion the efforts of promoting seaports throughout the Western\nHemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome and the opportunity to lead AAPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seaportsmag-digital.com\/aapq\/0419_fourth_quarter_2019\/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1552342#articleId1552342\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m thrilled to be a part of this association and to have the chance to champion the efforts of promoting seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[165,84,244,243,245],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presidents-message","tag-aapa-president","tag-american-association-of-port-authorities","tag-beyond-the-cargo","tag-chris-connor","tag-december"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}