Weeks Marine and Eastern Shipbuilding Group (Eastern) announced they have signed a contract to construct a sister ship to Weeks Marine’s TSHD Magdalen, the twin screw trailing suction hopper dredge built by Eastern and placed into service in 2018. The new vessel will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton facility in Panama City, Fla. For a lisitng of additional AAPA maritime industry partners and service providers, visit the AAPA Industry Services Directory.
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Monday | May 4 | 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT
Join AAPA in a webinar with Anderson Kill to hear a comprehensive explanation of the insurance coverage opportunities and challenges in the rapidly evolving environment that businesses and ports operate in as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar will focus on the types of coverage that may be available under property policies that insure against not only property damage, but also economic loss as a result of supply chain disruption, government mandated closures, restrictions on the number of people who can gather or travel, and contamination at the policyholder’s own premises. Strategies for presenting coronavirus-related claims and pursuing coverage will also be discussed. Presenters include
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Robert Horkorvich, Managing Shareholder, Anderson Kill - New York
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Finley T. Harckham, Senior Litigation Shareholder, Anderson Kill - New York
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Rhonda D. Orin, Partner, Anderson Kill - Washington, D.C.
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The Western Hemisphere’s major ports suffered the full economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in March and April as global trade diminished significantly. AAPA President and CEO Chris Connor went on the air April 25 to share his feelings and perspectives about the impacts to seaports from the COVID-19 pandemic and their heroic response to the unique challenges the crisis is bringing. Listen to a four-minute snippet of the interview here, courtesy of Transport Topics and SiriusXM.
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As ports are modernizing, growing and changing, master planners are coming up with ways to creatively incorporate innovative ideas and position their ports as masters in their chosen fields.
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Six new all-electric rubber-tired gantry (E-RTGs) cranes at PortMiami's South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT) have been installed and are now in service. The new E-RTGs replace older, diesel-powered top-loaders that worked in the container yard. The new equipment is safe and sustainable benefiting the port and surrounding community with zero emissions and significantly less noise. The Prince Rupert Port Authority reported the Fairview-Ridley Connector Corridor project is now 20% complete. The Connector Corridor, when complete, will eliminate downtown container truck traffic, improve vehicle and pedestrian safety, ease traffic congestion, reduce wear on provincial and municipal road infrastructure, and drastically reduce greenhouse gas and local air emissions through the more efficient routing. The Port of Seattle Commission approved plans to construct a new 13.5-acre Duwamish River park with 2,500 linear feet of shoreline. The Terminal 117 Habitat Restoration and Duwamish Shoreline Access Project will create upland habitat and restore priority habitat for Chinook salmon and other imperiled species in the Duwamish River. This unique project supports urgent salmon recovery needs while addressing long-standing community needs for increased greenspace.
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Port Everglades is the newest stop on Evergreen Line’s CAJ weekly container shipping service to and from Panama, Jamaica and Haiti. Florida International Terminal at Port Everglades is the marine terminal operator for Evergreen, which has ships slated for arrival on weekends beginning May 2. While Port Houston realized strong double-digit gains in containers in the first two months of the year, resulting in an increase of 11 percent for first quarter volume overall, the March volumes in particular declined 11 percent compared to March of 2019. Steel, breakbulk cargo and autos are down for the year. The Port of Long Beach welcomed Pasha Hawaii’s container ship the Horizon Reliance to its new Southern California home at SSA Terminal Pier A. Fewer container ships would likely mean less cargo at the Port of Oakland this spring. That was the message Oakland Maritime officials delivered to the Harbor Trucking Association last week. The port told freight haulers via video conference that 20 May and June voyages to Oakland have been scrubbed. The result could be a 5% to 15% drop in containerized cargo volume heading into summer.
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ION delivers powerful data-driven decision-making to the offshore port, energy and defense industries. Data, analytics and digitalization provide a step-change opportunity to translate information into insights to enhance decisions, gain a competitive edge and deliver superior returns. ION’s Marlin SmartPortTM is a modular cloud-based solution that manages port operations including port calls and back office administration. Marlin SmartPort allows ports to capture their core operating data efficiently and accurately and use that data to increase operational efficiency and generate increased revenues. J.S. Held is a global consulting firm with expertise in construction, environmental health and safety, equipment, forensic architecture and engineering, water and fire restoration, and forensic accounting. Our team is composed of world-renowned experts who collectively analyze and investigate issues and disputes and provide solutions to complex matters faced by the legal, construction, surety, manufacturing, and insurance communities. Rubb has been engineering, manufacturing and installing rigid frame, tension membrane structures in the United States since 1983. Rubb has supported the aviation industry with large span hangars, cargo facilities, equipment maintenance buildings and more. Rubb buildings are noted for their quality components, flexibility in design, energy efficiencies, and quick construction. Our steel structural components are hot dip galvanized to provide the best long term corrosive protection, and Rubb uses the highest quality PVC available. With little or no maintenance, Rubb is the industry leader in cost effective MRO and aviation storage solutions. Our buildings can be equipped with Rubb’s patented Thermohall insulation system and can be designed to support most door systems along with HVAC, dehumidification and lighting systems.
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