Category: Ports & Airports

Registration Opens for Annual Conference in Taiwan, Fly-In Seminar Wrap-Up

APP 102nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE “Finding Sustainable Solutions for Pacific Rim Ports of the Future” August 16-19, 2015 Hosted by Taiwan International Ports Corporation Grand Hi-Lai Hotel Kaohsiung, Taiwan   Click here for more information and online registration!   Please join us for APP’s 102nd Annual Conference in beautiful Kaohsiung, Taiwan hosted by Taiwan International Ports Corporation […]

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Port of San Francisco Waterfront Plan Update: Get Involved!

To Port Friends and Neighbors: The Port of San Francisco waterfront has undergone dramatic changes under the guidance of the Waterfront Land Use Plan (Waterfront Plan). The Port published a comprehensive report on these changes and has identified a need and process for an update to the Waterfront Plan to address emerging policy issues and future  needs. With aging historic finger piers, the challenges posed by rising tides […]

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Senate Introduces Bill on Port Performance Measures.

Senators Introduce Port Transparency Bill in Wake of Prolonged West Coast Ports Strife Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), along with Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) today introduced common-sense sunshine reforms as a part […]

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Trade and Ports News for May 11, 2015

Growing California cap-and-trade fund attracts surge of spending proposals — Floating proposals ahead of a pivotal period for budget negotiations, they say they want to fund port improvements, pay for heavy-duty trucks and ferries, nurture urban rivers, sponge up carbon in soil and provide discounted bus passes.   Oakland port moves past labor slowdown, but […]

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