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Association of Pacific Ports News
June 6, 2023
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET? 109th APP ANNUAL CONFERENCE -- LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
  • NEXT PACIFIC PORTS MAGAZINE -- EDITORIAL NOW FULL!
  • MEMBER NEWS:
  • Port of Guam shows resiliency following Typhoon Mawar
  • KONGSBERG and TGS to cooperate for data-driven solutions for offshore wind field development
  • Port of Grays Harbor designates first Tax Increment Area to help fund Terminal 4 Expansion Project
  • Business Oregon: Port Precision (May, 2023)
  • VinFast vehicles arrive at Port of Nanaimo
  • New Liebherr Ship-To-Shore (STS) container crane for PSA Penn Terminals
  • Matson to contribute $350,000 in shipping services to Guam relief effort
  • Costa Cruises makes maiden voyage to Keelung Port following epidemic
  • Army Corps invites public comment on shoreline protection plan at American Samoa’s Ofu Airport
  • Port of Skagit awarded $8M grant for broadband infrastructure in Bow
  • Career opportunity from Shey-Harding Executive Search
REGISTER NOW!
109th APP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
August 13 to 16, 2023 in Long Beach, California

The APP's 109th Annual Conference, hosted by the Port of Long Beach, is quickly approaching! If you haven't registered yet, we encourage you to do so now.


The Location
The City of Long Beach -- a vibrant coastal city with a rich history and diverse culture boasting stunning architecture and a grand maritime heritage and, of course, home to the Port of Long Beach, the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship and sustainability. Voted “Best West Coast Seaport” by industry peers, the Port handles trade valued at $200 billion annually and supports 2.6 million jobs across the nation, more than 575,000 in Southern California, and more than 50,000 jobs – or 1 in 5 – in Long Beach.
 
The Venue
The APP's Conference will be held at the Hotel Maya – a full-scale resort featuring a Latin American-inspired 199 room property with a distinctive Southern California combination of spectacular, oceanfront views amidst 14 acres of lush, tropical gardens dotted with 500 palm trees in a modern, open-air setting.
 


The Agenda
Focus on the issues
Presentations and plenary sessions at this year's conference are designed to maximize your learning experience but also provide opportunities for engaging discussions. Confirmed sessions include:
  • MARAD Town Hall -- led by Gus Hein, Gateway Director, Mid-Pacific Region, U.S. Maritime Administration, this panel session sets the stage for attendees to learn and discuss the challenges, issues and opportunities today.
  • Port Member Updates -- Traditionally held during the APP Annual General Meeting on the last day of the conference, we’ve moved this session to the first day so that activities and issues raised can resonate throughout the following days. Port Members should be ready to provide a five-minute update for their jurisdiction. 
  • Taiwan's Experience: Offshore Wind Projects -- we're excited to announce the participation of Taiwan International Ports Corporation. TIPC representatives will outline and provide insights into their work in developing offshore wind projects.
  • Next Generation Technologies: Supply Chain Digitization and Green Solutions (presented by Milan Karunaratne, Senior Director, AI and Advanced Digital Technologies, Wabtec Corporation) -- As a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services, Wabtec's experience in emission-reduction technologies are helping ports get closer to carbon-zero operations.
  • M5 Marine Highway -- Spanning from northern Washington to southern California, the M5 Marine Highway provides an alternative to land-side transportation services to reduce congestion and greenhouse gases. Transporting goods by barge or ship along the navigable waters of the U.S. West Coast is proving to be eight times more efficient than tractor-trailers and double what is achievable by rail. Mr. Hein will lead a panel of port representatives who will look at the many benefits the M5 has brought to their jurisdiction.
  • FEMA's Distribution Overview and Importance of Pacific Ports (presented by Michael Legler, Transportation Planner, Federal Emergency Management Agency) -- The scope, scale, and pace of disasters since 2017, and our responses to those events, continue to reinforce the fact that the nation has great capabilities and capacities to respond even in the worst circumstances. The challenge is getting the right capability, to the right place, at the right time with the right enabling information for decision makers. In the end, it’s all about transportation.
  • Kongsberg Discovery's BerthWatch (presented by Konrad Mech, Sales Director, Coasts Ports and Inland Waterways) -- BerthWatch provides all stakeholders real-time data of the actual depths in a berth. Bulk cargo vessels can maximize loads while maintaining safe depth under keel. Terminal operators can contract dredgers based in true knowledge of rate of siltation / shoaling. Ports can verify presence of foreign objects in the berth pocket after storms, accelerating recovery and improving port resiliency. Pilots can obtain real time data on berth depths prior to approach. Green Shipping Corridor Partners can optimize loads and reduce lightering / reverse lightering operations by exchanging data at each end of a transit. Find out how your port operations can benefit from this solution.
 
Plus:
Focus on Port of Long Beach best practices:
  • Education and Workforce -- Learn about the Port of Long Beach's education outreach programs and events as well as partnerships, workforce pipeline, and training center.
  • Security -- A review of Port of Long Beach's security efforts under water, on land, and in the sky. The session will include cybersecurity in addition to drone technology to provide air-visual security.
  • Environment -- The Port of Long Beach focus continues with a look at how the Port supports efforts to protect and sustain its environment, including community grant progrms, microgrid development, and biodiversity studies.
  • The Future -- Port of Long Beach initiatives such as ZEERO (Zero Emissions, Energy Resilient Operations Program), Pier W and Pier B developments.
 
Showcasing Long Beach
  • Skylinks at Long Beach Golf Course -- Located just south of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California, Skylinks at Long Beach Golf Course is the premier course in the area. Voted “Readers’ Choice Best” by the Press-Telegram Long Beach, this 6,909-yard par 72 championship course is owned by The City of Long Beach and designed by leading golf course architect Cal Olson. It features Bermuda grass fairways, wide-open links-style play, and superb Bentgrass and Poa annua greens.
  • Tour of La Brea Tar Pits -- As a special treat and thanks to the sponsorship of the Port of Umatilla, we’re organizing a trip to La Brea Tar Pits! Guests will first enjoy the Titans of the Ice Age — a 3D adventure film, narrated by Christopher Plummer, that takes guests on a tour of an icy world with magnificent saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, giant sloths and, of course, iconic mammoths that lived 10,000 years before modern civilization.
  • Welcome Reception: Harbor Sunset Tour -- Departing from the Hotel Maya dock, APP Conference guests will enjoy water-side views of Long Beach Harbor — the first opportunity to see Port of Long Beach operations in action.
  • Dinner at the Aquarium of the Pacific -- Conference Host Port of Long Beach and Southern California’s largest Aquarium are rolling out the red carpet for APP Conference Guests! What better way to pay homage to the Pacific Ocean than to enjoy dinner at a gathering place that celebrates the diversity of one of the most important oceans on the planet. Guests will have the opportunity to explore over 100 exhibits, representing all aspects of the Ocean — from the frigid waters of the Northern Pacific, to the temperate Southern California/Baja region and the warm coral reefs and lagoons of the Tropical Pacific.
  • Tour of Port of Long Beach and Long Beach Container Terminal -- Guided (and commentated) bus tours of operations at the Port, including the Long Beach Container Terminal, will give attendees a first-hand look of operations with detailed descriptions of best practices and innovations that have been highlighted during conference plenary sessions.
 
For the full agenda, visit our online program.
 

Sponsorship
We're incredibly pleased to announce even more sponsors!.

There's still time to sponsor!
The APP's 109th Annual Conference provides a great opportunity to build relationships with a very targeted market: senior port executives, commissioners and management from the U.S., Canada, and the Pacific Islands; terminal operators; shipping lines; technology providers; environmental consulting and engineering firms; and equipment manufactures to name just a few. Sponsorship benefits have been designed to provide premium exposure not only on-site but leading up to the event through social media and direct email marketing.
Editorial for the next Pacific Ports Magazine is fully booked! Articles include:
  • Industry Insight with Mario Cordero, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach
  • New Port Manager for Brookings Harbor, Travis Webster
  • New leadership, renewed path for Kongsberg Mesotech
  • Gray's Harbor Westport Marina Modernization Project
  • Port of Stockton turns 90!
  • Air apparent: the amphibious craft whose time may have come
  • Climate Resiliency: A mega-challenge for ports
  • Plus much more!
 
There's still time to advertise!
 
 
To discuss advertising opportunities, contact:
Philippe Critot: philippe@pacificports.org | +1 323-660-5459 or +1 323-578-2452
 
Key dates for the July issue of Pacific Ports Magazine:
Book by June 19, 2023
Ad material due by June 26, 2023
Mail out by: July 15, 2023
 
Member News
Port of Guam shows resiliency following Typhoon Mawar

June 5, 2023 — The team at the Port Authority of Guam have been tirelessly working to restore operations at the Island’s only commercial following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Mawar on May 24. Frequent updates through social media have followed progress — from an early assessment briefing on May 26 where damage was visible to Piers F3, F4, F5 and F6, as well as portions of the Fender System that were also damaged or broken off. Damage was also reported at the Agat and Agana Marinas. Only two days after that initial assessment, port operations resumed and on May 28, General Manager Rory J. Respicio reported that a Matson container ship was ready to be offloaded.
KONGSBERG and TGS to cooperate for data-driven solutions for offshore wind field development

June 5, 2023 — TGS and Kongsberg Gruppen (KONGSBERG) have today announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop integrated data and digital solutions for the offshore wind industry. The aim of the partnership is more efficient use of data and digitalisation to drive faster scaling of offshore wind. According to forecasts, the offshore wind installed base worldwide is expected to more than quadruple between 2023 and 2030. To support and enable this growth, TGS and KONGSBERG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to collaborate on developing solutions that meet offshore wind client needs and jointly engage leading offshore wind developers.
Port of Grays Harbor designates first Tax Increment Area to help fund Terminal 4 Expansion Project

May 31, 2023 — The Port of Grays Harbor Commission has designated the first Tax Increment Area (TIA) in Grays Harbor County that will help fund critical infrastructure improvements for the Terminal 4 Expansion and Redevelopment Project which will leverage additional private investment in the community by the Port’s largest customer, AGP. The designation of the TIA is an important step in the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) process. TIF is a new financing tool available to ports, cities and counties, in which public infrastructure vital to private economic development projects can be funded by allocating some of the property taxes paid by development in the TIA for up to 25 years.  
Business Oregon: Port Precision (May, 2023)

May 31, 2023 — “Port Precision” – A routine communication to all Port Managers covering matters that impact Oregon’s public ports by way of Business Oregon,
Staff Transition: Courtney Flathers has moved on from Business Oregon. While the agency works through the hiring process for this position, if you have questions about ongoing Business Oregon-funded port projects, please contact Becky Bryant, Regional Project Manager: If you have other port-related questions, please contact Jon Unger, Infrastructure Program Manager: Your Regional Development Officers continue to be great resources.

VinFast vehicles arrive at Port of Nanaimo

May 30, 2023 —  The Port of Nanaimo was the first stop for the new electric automobile producer VinFast, a newly Canadian sale certified manufacturer with its production based in Hai Phong, Vietnam. VinFast is a member of Vingroup, established in 1993 with a focus on technology and industry, services, and social enterprise. “Today VinFast has taken another big step in its mission to foster the global electrification revolution,” says Nguyen Thi Van Anh, CEO of VinFast North America. I believe with VinFast’s non-stop efforts together with its serious and methodical business strategy, VinFast will soon gain the trust and support from Canadian customers.”
New Liebherr Ship-To-Shore (STS) container crane for PSA Penn Terminals

May 30, 2023 — Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. is pleased to announce the sale of one Ship-To-Shore (STS) container crane to PSA Penn Terminals in Philadelphia, USA. This crane is a repeat of a previous order for two STS cranes commissioned in 2018. The crane has an outreach of 48 m, a span of 18.288 m, a backreach of 15 m, and a safe working load (SWL) of 66 tonnes. The lift height over rail is 35 m. It is a high-performance crane ideally suited for the demands of modern container terminals.
Matson to contribute $350,000 in shipping services to Guam relief effort

May 29, 2023 – Matson has announced that it will contribute $350,000 in transportation and in-kind services toward disaster relief in Guam, Micronesia and the CNMI, and expects to begin delivering relief supplies on voyage Manukai 237, scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, June 6. On Sunday, May 28, Matson’s vessel Maunawili, which had been positioned offshore earlier in the week to shelter from Typhoon Mawar, was the first containership to arrive following the reopening of the Port of Guam and began discharging 454 containers of general goods.
Costa Cruises makes maiden voyage to Keelung Port following epidemic

May 29, 2023 — The Keelung Port Branch of Taiwan Port Affairs Co., Ltd. welcomed the 114,500 gross tonnage ultra-large cruise ship “Costa Serena” to berth at the East Coast Wharf of Keelung Port on the 29th of May. At the meeting and celebration, General Manager Gao Chuankai of Keelung Port Branch was invited to give a speech. General Manager Gao said: “In the past three years of the epidemic, Keelung Port has never stopped the construction of cruise-related facilities, except for the renovation of the east and west banks. Visitor center facilities, and participate in international forums through online methods, introduce the achievements of the Taiwan-Hong Kong Group’s efforts, and go to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Europe to show the sincerity of the Taiwan-Hong Kong Group to receive cruise ships, and these achievements are being displayed one by one. On today’s and future voyages!..."
Army Corps invites public comment on shoreline protection plan at American Samoa’s Ofu Airport

May 25, 2023 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Honolulu District, in partnership with the American Samoa Department of Port Administration (DPA) is announcing the release of a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) which identifies a proposed plan for shoreline protection at the Ofu Airport in American Samoa. The Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) will be available here for review and comment from May 22 through June 21, 2023. The public is invited to attend a meeting either in-person or virtually, Wed. May 31, 3 p.m. SST (or 4 p.m. HST) to discuss findings, ask questions and provide comments on the Draft IFR/EA.

Port of Skagit awarded $8M grant for broadband infrastructure in Bow

May 22, 2023 — The Port of Skagit will receive $8-million in grant funding from the Washington State Broadband Office to build broadband infrastructure in the under-served rural area near Bow. The WSBO grant was announced this week, supporting the ongoing rural broadband infrastructure deployment work led by SkagitNet, an entity jointly operated by the Port of Skagit and Skagit PUD. “The Port has heard from many citizens who need affordable, reliable internet service, so we are working diligently to identify and secure the funding to get fiber optic infrastructure built in those communities,” stated Port Commission President Steve Omdal. “ The trick is finding the right grant opportunity to match with an eligible project area, and we were able to do that in the outlying area around Bow.”
Career opportunity from Shey-Harding Executive Search

May 22, 2023 — The following opportunity has been published by Shey-Harding Executive Search:
Assistant Director of Maintenance, Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach is seeking a transformative, innovative, and strategic leader to advance and support the Maintenance Division. Join the team to help lead the Port of Choice into the future!

The Team
The Maintenance Division delivers world-class maintenance services to ensure safe, reliable, environmentally sound, cost-effective facilities, infrastructure, and assets for tenants and other Port stakeholders. The team of approximately 100 professionals is divided into five main sections...
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