AAPA has posted a video of the session on Port Financing, Investment and Development Initiatives presented at the 2017 annual convention in Long Beach.  

 

The speakers were Josh Hurwitz, Senior Consultant, Moffatt & Nichol;  Blair Garcia, PPM®, Vice President, U.S. Director - Maritime Division, WSP;  Anthony J. Renzi, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; and Grover Burthey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation.  

 

The toolkit includes modules on planning, funding and executing projects.  The toolkit can be used to help ports:

• Evaluate port conditions
• Define problems
• Plan thoroughly
• Navigate the preplanning process
• Engage private partners
• Present actionable needs to administrators
• Access available funding
• Complete the project

The session was patterned after the Port Planning and Investment Toolkit AAPA developed in cooperation with the U.S. Maritime Administration.