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America's Seaports (continued)

U.S. Oceanborne Foreign Trade

Top Thirty U.S. Ports

Non-Liner Service

Calendar Year 1984

Thousands Of Long Tons

RANK U.S. PORT

Total Pct(l) Import

Tons Change Tons 1 Gramercy 31155 -4 4076 2 Norfolk 27340 -13 1663 3 New Orleans 23876 9 5895 4 Houston 17837 30 4780 5 Tampa 16711 1 2722 6 Baltimore 16184 11 7817 7 Baton Rouge 14058 8 4646 8 Mobile 12748 125 3281 9 Portland, Oregon 11859 * 1467 10 Newport News 10927 4 26 11 Destrehan 9709 -24 10 12 Long Beach 9181 -4 3031 13 Tacoma 8658 14 1930 14 Galveston 7652 23 642 15 Philadelphia 7005 2 4703 16 New York 6614 19 4806 17 Corpus Christi 5684 104 3587 18 St. Rose 5229 -19 145 19 Longview 5168 -3 601 20 Los Angeles 4830 21 1805 21 Seattle 3998 8 1850 22 Superior 3410 34 0 23 Coos Bay 3274 7 8 24 Beaumont 3243 2 36 25 Savannah 3229 -13 1660 26 Aberdeen-Hoquia 2747 -6 0 27 Jacksonville 2747 6 1453 28 Charleston 2533 42 946 29 Port Lavaca 2525 3 2371 30 Duluth 2110 20 88

ALL OTHER 64107 26 29937

TOTAL 346348 9 95982

Pct(l) Export Pct(l)

Change Tons Change 49 27079 -9 7 25677 -14 50 17981 * 82 13057 18 21 13989 -2 40 8367 -7 42 9412 -4 86 9467 143 -1 10392 * -19 10901 4 -74 9699 -24 5 6150 -8 25 6728 11 15 7010 24 38 2302 -33 18 1808 21 189 2097 35 245 5084 -20 13 4567 -5 26 3025 17 -3 2148 19

N/A 3410 34 300 3266 7 -10 3207 2 15 1569 -31 -93 2747 -5 7 1294 5 2 1587 84 1 154 48 -86 2022 82 25 34170 26 31 250366 3 *-Less than 0.5 percent. (l)-Compared to Calendar Year 1983.

Source: Maritime Administration, Office of Port and Intermodal Development

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AAPA's 1986

Annual Convention

Set For Miami

The American Association of Port

Authorities will hold its 75th An- nual Convention September 28-

October 2 at the Omni International

Hotel in Miami. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Alexandria,

Virginia, AAPA represents public seaport agencies throughout the

Western Hemisphere, from Canada to Argentina, including all of the major public seaport authorities in the United States. Each year, the

Association holds its Convention in a different port city. The 1986 Con- vention, hosted by the Port of

Miami, is expected to attract more than 900 registrants.

This year's program continues the tradition established in previous

AAPA Conventions in addressing the complex and wide-ranging chal- lenges that confront modern day port managers. Among the topics to be examined in general discussion sessions are strategic planning, the insurance crisis as it pertains to public port management, and the future of the Panama Canal.

Other special workshops will con- sider the effect of the pending water resources development legislation on port planning and management strategies, factors involved in cargo routing decisions by carriers and shippers, the cruise ship market, maritime and port security (with particular emphasis on the terrorist threat), export trading companies and foreign trade zones as market- ing tools, and sister ports.

Among the featured speakers will be former Secretary of Agriculture

Orville Freeman, whose topic, "Agricultural Exports and Macro- economics," is of special importance not only to public port authority management, but to all involved in the marketing and distribution abroad of America's farm commodi- ties.

Essential components of any

AAPA Convention are the meetings of AAPA's Board of Directors and the technical and policy commit- tees, the election of officers, and the approval of AAPA's standing policy resolutions.

Of particular interest should be the special social program planned for the Miami Convention. The ex- citing round of social activity will include a "cruise to nowhere," a "wild hog bar-b-q," and a black tie dinner/dance honoring this year's

AAPA chairman, Alvaro Gallar- do of Costa Rica. Optional activities range from a tour of the Villa Viz- caya Museum to fashion shows, shopping tours, boat cruises, sport- ing events, and much more.

In addition, special tribute will be paid at the 1986 Convention to

AAPA's Latin American port mem- bers.

For more information, please con- tact Lori Goodman at the Port of

Miami (305-371-7678) or Kurt Na- gle at AAPA headquarters (703- 684-5700).

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