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Dec
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Galveston hires Canaveral CFO as port director
Following a nationwide search, Rodger Rees has been appointed port director for the Port of Galveston. Rees has more than 25 years of executive management experience and currently serves as the deputy executive director and CFO for Port Canaveral, the world’s second busiest cruise port. He is a certified public accountant and has completed the […]
17
Mar
0
One Continent. One Supply Chain. One Love.
There’s a funny thing about neighbors. You start off getting along really well, but over time, well, you drift apart. I’m talking about the Canadians next door. Of course, you get together for the playoffs, but you hardly ever discuss trade deals anymore and you haven’t had them over for a state dinner in ages. […]
17
Mar
0
Shipping Industry Self-Help: Stop Crashing into Things
Welcome to the second part of our continuing series on how to be the best shipping industry you can be. In the first part, we discussed how it just hadn’t been your year, Shipping Industry, and how to approach the new year positively. Today we’re going to be tackling a seldom-mentioned, but equally important topic in shipping industry self-help: […]
11
Feb
0
Nuclear Detection in Ports: Lessons from the Movie True Lies
Nuclear and radiological detection in ports is an issue of growing concern. At least, it should be. Actually, its been kind of ignored until lately, but it is an important issue. Without proper scanning systems and information sharing protocols, our ports, and our country, are wide open for someone to bring in nuclear material, chemical weapons […]
02
Feb
0
Someone is Trying to Hack You Right Now: Ports, Terminals and Cyber-Security.
As I stated in my last post, cyber-security in ports is ultra-important and we basically don’t have any. Apparently this was unclear, because I had some inquiries. O.k., here’s the deal: When it comes to cyber-security, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that ISIS is starting to lose the war on […]
01
Jul
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British Virgin Islands Welcomes CPE Certified Port Executive Program
British Virgin Islands Welcomes CPE Certified Port Executive Program HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—Ralston MacDonnell announced today the CPE Certified Port Executive Program will be available to port and terminal managers and executives outside of North America for the first time. The training program will be held at the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority, February 22-26, 2016. […]
12
May
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Nineteen managers earn Certified Port Executive status
Nineteen port industry professionals recently earned Certified Port Executive status, with the newest eight graduates finishing the program this week in Long Beach, Calif. Recent graduates include Port of Long Beach’s Linda Clifford, Dimitar Poryazov, Kenneth Uriu and Randy Parsons; Canaveral Port Authority’s Jason Palmer, George Arocha, Gary Raia, Carol Noble, David Frederick and Christy […]
27
Apr
0
Port of New Orleans names new COO
Port of New Orleans names new COO The Port of New Orleans has named Brandy D. Christian as its new Chief Operating Officer, replacing the longtime COO Patrick Gallwey, who is scheduled to retire in March after 34 years. Here’s the full press release from the Port: Brandy D. Christian has been named the new […]
27
Apr
0
Belledune Port Authority Now Has Two Certified Port Executives
Belledune Port Authority now has 2 Certified Port Executives Belledune, NB – The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) is please to announce that two of their Executive team completed the CPE Certified Port Executive training. Jenna Doucet, BPA Director of Marketing and Tracy Eddy, BPA Director of Engineering & Property Management completed the training on January […]