Ms. Karen Ryan Tobia, Chief Executive Officer, Intelligent Security Solutions LLC, 87 74th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Phone:  (718) 238-2353. Fax: (718) 238-2353. Email: ktobia9@gmail.com (Associate Member). Ms. Tobia is a former technology planning manager for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

The Prince Rupert Port Authority and terminal operator DP World have agreed to study further expansion of the Fairview Container Terminal that would boost capacity to more than 2 million TEUs annually.

CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, an 18,000-TEU vessel operated by French ocean carrier CMA CGM, will become the largest container ship ever to call a U.S. port when it visits Los Angeles on December 26 and Oakland five days later. Florida International Terminal LLC  celebrated its 10th anniversary at Port Everglades by renewing its marine terminal lease for 10 more years. The Port of Santa Marta’s ro/ro cargo processing subsidiary FAST TEMINAL, has set what the Colombian port claims is a record for the Americas by discharging 632 vehicles in just an hour and fifty minutes. Delaware’s Port of Wilmington took delivery of its first breakbulk shipment of Chilean winter fruit with the docking on December 15 of m/v Pacific Mermaid.

Port Metro Vancouver said farewell to the last ship of its 2015 cruise season with the December 16 sailing of the Ruby Princess from Canada Place. The 2015 season began early and ended later than usual this year due to new itineraries to Hawaii and the California coast by Princess Cruises, in addition to the traditional Alaskan itineraries and associated re-positioning options offered by various cruise lines out of Vancouver.

Port Tampa Bay and its law enforcement partner, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), unveiled a new marine security vessel during a ceremony December 15 on the waterfront near the Tampa Convention Center.