{"id":5473,"date":"2026-07-30T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:49:36","slug":"aapas-sang-yi-urges-greater-us-port-infrastructure-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/aapas-sang-yi-urges-greater-us-port-infrastructure-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA&#8217;s Sang Yi Urges Greater US Port Infrastructure Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajot.com\/insights\/full\/ai-aapas-sang-yi-urges-greater-us-port-infrastructure-investments\"><strong>July 24 interview with AJOT<\/strong>,<\/a> AAPA President and CEO Sang Yi called for increased federal investment in U.S. port infrastructure, citing President Trump&#8217;s request for $500 million for the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) in the FY2027 budget and the House Appropriations Subcommittee&#8217;s allocation of $538 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yi noted that PIDP appropriations have declined 64% since 2019 and said funding could hit its lowest level ever if FY26 appropriations carry into FY27, calling for PIDP to be funded at $538 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also highlighted ship-to-shore crane security and domestic manufacturing capacity, the need for continued channel dredging, and AAPA&#8217;s engagement with dredge window policy, and pointed to the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (H.R. 9497), which the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported favorably by a 66-0 vote on July 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yi additionally raised concerns about drone threats at ports and said the AAPA 2026 Annual Convention, to be held September 28-30 in New Orleans, will address topics including the Port of Long Beach\/MARAD small modular reactor pilot project, a partnership he helped develop while serving as Deputy Maritime Administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ffYjWZcoM5g?si=p8hV454TTESapGXN\">Watch the full interview here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a July 24 interview with AJOT, AAPA President and CEO Sang Yi called for increased federal investment in U.S. port infrastructure, citing President Trump&#8217;s request for $500 million for the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) in the FY2027 budget and the House Appropriations Subcommittee&#8217;s allocation of $538 million. Yi noted that PIDP appropriations have &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5474,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions\/5474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}