Bolivariana de Puertos (BOLIPUERTOS), S.A. is the governmental entity created on March 25, 2009 to administer and manage the ports of Venezuela, which include the ports of Puerto Cabello, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Internacional del Guamache, Guanta, La Ceiba and Eulalia Buroz.

Port Manatee is considered a gateway linking Poland and all of Central and Eastern Europe with the entire Western Hemisphere. Sealand, the Intra-Americas regional ocean carrier of the Maersk Group, will operate a new direct, all-water service, the Gulf Ocean Express (GOEX) service, that connects Central America, Panama and Colombia to and from the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA). Formosa Petrochemical Corp plans to develop a $9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex and has purchased a 2,400-acre site in the Port of South Louisiana District. Suffolk commemorated the topping-off of the Terminal A garage at PortMiami. 

The Port of Long Beach is hosting a workshop for local groups seeking grants to fund stormwater and water quality projects that improve the waters of San Pedro Bay. The Port of San Diego was honored with first place in Community Relations/Participation in the California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO) Excellence in Public Information and Communications (EPIC) Awards.

The Grand Classica, a 1,680-passenger ship, docked at the Port of Palm Beach for the first time. 

AAPA Sustaining Member Holt Logistics Corporation has become the first independent port operator in the northeastern United States to conduct a pilot based on a blockchain-based global trade digitization solution developed by Maersk and IBM. AAPA Sustaining Member Liehber launched its new mobile harbor crane, the LPS 420 E. The newly designed machine is a purely electric driven portal crane.