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Association of Pacific Ports News
March 6, 2023
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • SAVE THE DATE! 109th APP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
  • ICYMI: PACIFIC PORTS MAGAZINE: FEBRUARY 2023 ISSUE
  • MEMBER NEWS:
  • The Port of Alaska is hiring!
  • Group grant writing training offered
  • FIRST Robotics Competition brings the excitement of sport and rigor of science and tech to the Port of Hueneme
  • American Samoa Department of Port Administration launches new website
  • Shrinking in-water work window hinders Port of Newport
  • Business Oregon “Port Precision” for February 2023
  • Two MARAD NOFOs announced
  • Port of Long Beach pioneers a clean ship future
  • TIPC highlights 2022 results and plans for 2023
  • TIPC celebrates 11th Anniversary, honors this year’s Golden Vessel Award Winners
  • Port Authority of Guam’s General Manager addresses Zero Waste Conference
  • Hualien Port welcomes international cruise ships following epidemic slowdown
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
109th APP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
August 13 to 16, 2023 in Long Beach, California

The 109th Annual APP Conference will be held in Long Beach, California -- August 13 to 16, 2023 -- at the Hotel Maya. Details on sponsorship and speaker opportunities coming soon! And don't forget to keep checking www.PacificPortsConference.com for updates.
ICYMI: Pacific Ports Magazine February/23

In case you missed it! We're pleased to present the February 2023 issue of Pacific Ports Magazine!

Features include:
  • Industry Insight: Past, present, and future of The Pasha Group
  • Resilience: A useful concept? By Dr. Fabian Steinman
  • Artificial Intelligence: A layman’s experience with AI. By Konrad Mech
  • Smart Ports: Smart ports are on the rise. By Gordon Feller
  • Port Governance: Five best practices for managing port commissioners and staff relations. By Ruben Duran
  • Green Marine: North America’s leading environmental certification program turns 15 with bigger ambitions. By David Bolduc
  • APP Membership Directory
  • … plus much more!
Member News
The Port of Alaska is hiring!

March 6, 2023 — The Port of Alaska is currently seeking a Project Management/Controls Engineer. The successful candidate will participate in project-specific budget, resource, and schedule tracking. Provide project documentation and reporting. Review management, design, and construction reports for accuracy, identify poorly performing activities, and provide recommendations for corrective measures. 
Group grant writing training offered

March 6, 2023 — Port of Alaska’s Port Director, Steve Ribuffo, has passed along information about group grant writing training that may be useful to other Port Members. LearnGrantWriting.org is now offering Group Grant Writing Training to assist organizations in building in-house capacity to make pursuing grant funding easier. Led by Meredith Noble, Co-Founder and CEO, Learn Grant Writing has created an online learning experience that makes grant writing approachable and fun. Joined by Alexandra Lustig, Co-Founder and COO, training sessions are focused on themed cohorts (like ports) with group size anywhere from 10 to 50. For more information, visit: LearnGrantWriting.org.
FIRST Robotics Competition brings the excitement of sport and rigor of science and tech to the Port of Hueneme

March 4, 2023 — The excitement of sport combined with the rigors of science and technology brought together 1,400 high school students along with their 44 life-sized robots to test the power of collaboration and measure the effectiveness of innovations for the Hueneme Port Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. The Port of Hueneme is host to the competition that will take place over two consecutive weekends from March 4-5 and March 11-12. Jess Herrera, President of the Oxnard Harbor District addressed the students before the start of the competition by stating he was very proud of the skill and determination on display.
American Samoa Department of Port Administration launches new website

March 4, 2023 — The Department of Port Administration has launched a new website to better serve the American Samoa islands and all that use our ports. The new website brings a new cleaner design that will resize to any device (desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone). The search has been enhanced to allow website visitors quick access to all things Pago Pago. We’ve updated the News and Events and Social Media sections and will continue to add new online forms in the coming months to make it even easier to travel to and from Pago Pago.
Shrinking in-water work window hinders Port of Newport

March 3, 2023 — Changes in Oregon regulations that dictate when in-water work can occur in waterways around the state have contributed to a potentially costly problem for the Port of Newport. The Port is contractually required to dredge the dock area for its largest tenant – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) located in South Beach. That maintenance typically occurs every two or three years, making it one of the Port’s most costly obligations as landlord to the federal agency’s Pacific headquarters.
Business Oregon “Port Precision” for February 2023

March 2, 2023 — “Port Precision” is a routine communication to all Port Managers covering matters that impact Oregon’s public ports by way of Business Oregon. Many thanks to Courtney Flathers, Ports Program Policy Coordinator with Business Oregon for passing along the news.

Two MARAD NOFOs announced

March 1, 2023 — Two important grant Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) have recently been released: MARAD's U.S. Marine Highway Program NOFO and FEMA Port Security Grant Program
Port of Long Beach pioneers a clean ship future

March 1, 2023 — When “K” Line’s Long Beach Bridge arrived at the Port of Long Beach in 2008, it was more than just another ship call. Outwardly, the operations involved in berthing the container ship would have seemed routine: a pilot boarded outside of the breakwater to guide the vessel to the International Transportation Service terminal at Pier G. Mooring operations secured the behemoth vessel to land, allowing ship-to-shore cranes to begin plucking containers. A weather eye might have noticed dockworkers dragging a long cable to the Long Beach Bridge, connecting it into a container-like box on the ship’s side.
TIPC highlights 2022 results and plans for 2023

March 1, 2023 — Against the backdrop of market uncertainty driven by continued pandemic concerns, the war in Ukraine, and inflationary pressures at home and abroad, the Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) continued promoting a broad spectrum of business activities at its ports nationwide in 2022. Group revenues for the year set a new record of NT$21.86 billion, a 5% increase over 2021. Reflecting the year’s generally downward economic pressures, handled container volumes dipped 5% in 2022 to 14.68 million TEU. Nevertheless progress continued on TIPC major infrastructure projects across the board, putting Taiwan’s ports in good stead to increase volumes when economic factors improve. Commercial lease opportunities at TIPC ports open to private sector investors received strong and positive responses from bidders in 2022 in both core cargo handling / transportation and waterfront & coastal tourism development sectors.
TIPC celebrates 11th Anniversary, honors this year’s Golden Vessel Award Winners

March 1, 2023 — Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) marked its 11th anniversary today (March 1st) with a celebratory gathering and Golden Vessel Awards presentation ceremony at Port of Kaohsiung’s Kaohsiung Harbor Museum. Guests, including Taiwan port industry organization and association officials, shipping industry representatives, and national CIQS and Maritime & Port Bureau (MPB) officials, joined TIPC as it formally crossed the threshold into a second decade at the helm of international commercial port operations in Taiwan. Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Vincent Wen-sheng Tseng was also in attendance. as in prior years, took the reigns as host of at the anniversary the Golden Vessel Awards ceremony. 
Port Authority of Guam’s General Manager addresses Zero Waste Conference

March 1, 2023 — Port Authority of Guam General Manager Rory J. Respicio spoke today during the Zero Waste Forum about the successes the Port has had implementing transformative sustainability programs that will have a positive impact on our island for generations to come. “Sustainable operations and emerging sustainability solutions have been at the forefront of our Administration’s short and long-term goals and vision at the Port,” said General Manager Rory J. Respicio. “This is because of the Leon Guerrero Tenorio Administration’s commitment to implementing zero-waste initiatives. Ports sit at the epicenter of energy transformation worldwide and our Port is embracing the emerging green infrastructure policies and sustainability initiatives expected to come in the next decade.”
Hualien Port welcomes international cruise ships following epidemic slowdown

February 24, 2023 — The global cruise market has ushered in the dawn after the epidemic has slowed down. Hualien Port will welcome its first cruise ship on March 10, 2023: Oceania Cruises “Nautica”. The Hualien Port Branch has combined with various public agencies in the port area to take inventory of the terminal facilities and make preparations to provide high-quality and diverse services for international cruise passengers who have been missing for a long time, and warmly welcome the arrival of international cruise ships.
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