{"id":5040,"date":"2024-04-03T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T18:26:23","slug":"aapa-applauds-2023-lighthouse-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/aapa-applauds-2023-lighthouse-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Applauds 2023 Lighthouse Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"htmlBody article_div\">\n<div class=\"roofHeader\">Lighthouse Awards<\/div>\n<figure class=\"graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/028.png\" alt=\"aapa applauds 2023 lighthouse\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"dropCap\"><strong>C<\/strong><\/span>ongratulations to the 2023 AAPA Lighthouse Award winners.<\/p>\n<p>AAPA is proud to acknowledge our members for their inspiring projects, contributions and successes.<\/p>\n<p>The annual awards program began in 1966 with the Communications Awards to recognize exemplary communications projects and programs. In 2021, the awards program was renamed the Lighthouse Awards and now includes four categories: Communications, Environmental Improvement, Facilities Engineering and Information Technology.<\/p>\n<p>The Overall Beacon Award of Excellence judging is determined by a port\u2019s public relations, advertising, and marketing budget. Port authorities exceeding $800,000 compete as Category 3 budget ports, while port authorities with communications budgets between $300,000 and $800,000 a year compete as Category 2 budget ports, and port authorities with communications budgets less than $300,000 enter the competition as Category 1 budget ports.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for this year\u2019s competition period will open in May 2024, and winners will be announced in advance of the AAPA 2024 Annual Convention &amp; Expo in Boston, Mass., Oct. 27-30. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bPc9ku\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4bPc9ku<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Overall Beacon Awards of Excellence<\/h2>\n<h3>Communications<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Special Events<\/strong><br \/>\nPortos do Paran\u00e1, Paranagu\u00e1 Port Race (Category 1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall Campaign<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Corpus Christi, Centennial Campaign (Category 2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Events<\/strong><br \/>\nPort Everglades, United Way Campaign (Category 3 \u2013 tie)<\/p>\n<p>Port of Oakland, State of the Port: Building for the Next Generation (Category 3 \u2013 tie)<\/p>\n<h3>Environmental Improvement<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Environmental Enhancement<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Everett, Blue Heron Slough Restoration<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comprehensive Environmental Management<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Stockton, MD\/HD Electrification<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><br \/>\nToledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Wetland Restoration Project at Duck Creek<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stakeholder Awareness, Education &amp; Involvement<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Suape, Education Project<\/p>\n<h3>Facilities Engineering<\/h3>\n<p>Port of Everett, Norton Terminal Development &amp; Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Interim Action Cleanup (Category 1)<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Centerm Expansion Project (Category 2)<\/p>\n<h3>Information Technology<\/h3>\n<p>Port Operations and Management Systems Port of Los Angeles, Cyber Resilience Center<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aapw01.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/29_Landscape_Congratulations.jpg\" alt=\"Congratulations\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>Awards of Excellence, Distinction and Merit<\/h2>\n<h3>Advertisements<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nPort Everglades, Perfectly Positioned<\/p>\n<h3>Annual Reports<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Stockton, Investing in Our Future<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award of Distinction<\/strong><br \/>\nToledo-Lucas County Port Authority, 2022 Annual Report<\/p>\n<h3>Community \/ Education Outreach<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Corpus Christi, PORT-Able Learning Lab<\/p>\n<h3>Miscellaneous<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Corpus Christi, Centennial Album<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award of Distinction<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Longview, Berth 4 Booklet<\/p>\n<h3>Periodicals<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nPort Tampa Bay, Legends of the Port<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award of Distinction<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Stockton, Dock Dispatch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award of Merit<\/strong><br \/>\nGreen Marine, Green Marine Magazine: Less Paper, More Nature<\/p>\n<h3>Social \/ Web-Based Media<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Distinction<\/strong><br \/>\nPort Everglades, Cruise Pro Tip Video Series<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award of Merit<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Vancouver USA, Internship Socials<\/p>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Excellence<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Longview, Environmental Team Video<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award of Distinction<\/strong><br \/>\nPort of Long Beach, Explore the Port Video Series<\/p>\n<h3>Websites<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Award of Distinction<\/strong><br \/>\nPort Everglades, Trucker Traffic Cams<\/p>\n<p>Green Marine, A Better Perspective on Greater Sustainability<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the 2023 AAPA Lighthouse Award winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":5041,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435,4,9],"tags":[355,1211],"class_list":["post-5040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-features","category-features","category-seaports-magazine","tag-aapa-annual-convention","tag-lighthouse-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040","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\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}