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Deal Signed for Wilmington Port Facilities Interview with of Its 50-Year Concession Agree- Ment with DSPC PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID WILMINGTON, DE PERMIT NO. 1635 THE MARITIME EXCHANGE 240 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 BEACONFall 2018 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Volume 28, No.4 http://www.maritimedelriv.com w [email protected] Deal signed for Wilmington port facilities Interview with of its 50-year concession agree- ment with DSPC. In the first three Joseph V. Martella years, GT expects to spend at least $60 million in improvements to the Area Port Director existing port site. In all, the Port of U.S. Customs & Wilmington is slated for $73 million of improvements under the deal, be- Border Protection yond the two new $12 million gantry cranes put into service last year. According to Badr Jafar, Chair- man of Gulftainer’s Executive Board, these sums are “. necessary to help the ports realize their full potential, the fulfillment of which is expected At the Sept. 18 public ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware and Gulftainer officials to generate $1.2 billion of increased signed the 50-year concession agreement. Participating in the signing are (l-r) Peter economic activity for the State of Richards, Gulftainer USA CEO, Badr Jafar, Chairman of the Gulftainer Company, Delaware,” over the life of the con- Del. Gov. John Carney, and Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock. Eugene Bailey, then- cession. executive director of the Port of Wilmington, looks on from the podium. The promised facilities invest- ment is exactly what the Port of For the Port of Wilmington, Sept. grow jobs, provide a return on invest- Wilmington needs. “The State of 18, 2018 was a day filled with pomp, ment, and maintain relationships with Delaware recognized that the port ceremony, and mutual accolades. existing clients and port labor, and of must have a substantial influx of dol- Joseph Martella started his tour as area That was the day that Delaware Gov. course it had to demonstrate its cred- lars to further modernize its facilities port director in Philadelphia in March of itworthiness.” John Carney announced that the Dia- to keep up with current and future 2018. He began his career in 2001 with the mond State Port Corp. had reached an After Bullock signed a nonbinding demand,” said Exchange President legacy U.S. Customs Service and has since agreement with GT USA Wilming- letter of intent in December 2017, ne- Dennis Rochford. “To that end, a held numerous staff and leadership posi- ton, referred to as GT, a subsidiary of gotiations started in earnest. public-private partnership appeared tions, most recently as watch commander at Gulftainer Company Limited, to take Under the concession agreement, to be the ideal solution.” the Port of New York/Newark. His formal over management and operations at GT would pay a royalty, based on GT also plans to spend a total of change of command ceremony took place the state-owned port. throughput volumes, of up to a $6.1 $411 million to build out the Edge- on October 16, and The Beacon took ad- “Our selection of Gulftainer came million annual concession fee in year moor site, a 114-acre parcel acquired vantage of the opportunity to talk to him after a thorough search,” said Dela- one, with that figure rising to $13.1 by the port in 2016, as a state-of-the- about operations at Delaware River ports. ware Secretary of State and DSPC million by year 10, when facilities are art container handling facility. Edge- Chairman Jeffrey W. Bullock in April, running at full capacity. DSPC will moor is about two nautical miles Q: When starting new positions, many when the proposal was placed before continue to own the real property, and north of the Port of Wilmington. the port board for a vote. “Our po- GT will acquire the existing assets. leaders spend a good deal of time talk- tential partner had to meet four very The company has agreed to invest ing to peers, employees, and custom- specific criteria. It had to be able to $584 million over the first 10 years continued on page 9 ers to learn about their new environ- ments. Yet you had the benefit of serv- ing as acting port director prior to Exchange to strengthen MOL security joining the Philadelphia team. Since you’ve been on board, what changes FEMA continues to support cyber-related projects have you put in place and how do you The Maritime Exchange is pleased to announce that it comprehensive cyber vulnerability assessments, imple- see those as helping to facilitate com- received an award under the 2018 Port Security Grant Pro- ment new technologies, and close identified gaps. Last merce at our seaports? gram to improve its cybersecurity posture. year, the agency funded thirty-two cybersecurity-related “Mitigating cybersecurity risks is not a once and done projects. A: The time I served as acting area port project. Rather it is a continual exercise of discovery, “The concern over cybersecurity and the potential director was a great experience and sig- vigilance, training, prevention, and mitigation,” said Ex- compromise of facility supervisory control and data ac- nificantly beneficial to me. It allowed me change IT Director Michael Fink. “The Federal Emer- quisition systems, or SCADA, was the driving force to to learn two things. One, as a temporary gency Management Agency’s continued support of cyber- apply for various port security grants to address the is- port director, I was here to keep the rud- related projects is great news for the many organizations sue,” said PBF Energy Security Manager William T. der amidships until a permanent port that struggle to find funding needed to keep pace with the Robinson. “PBF Energy, the parent of the Delaware City director could take command. That al- ever-changing cybersecurity landscape.” Refining Company and the Paulsboro Refining Company, lowed me the time to talk to colleagues, FEMA added cybersecurity as a program priority in first sought grant funds to support an initiative targeting employees, and our stakeholders, and 2013. Applicants are eligible to apply for funds to conduct intrusion attempts by upgrading software geared toward to observe local relationships, business detecting viruses and protecting the identity of the internal practices, and operational challenges. network by masking computer signatures. The next step Two, the experience made me want this was to secure hardware that would support this protective command position and its associated measure.” challenges more than ever. Among other functions, the Maritime Exchange oper- Since I assumed command full time, ates the Maritime On-Line® system to provide the private we have increased our enforcement pos- and public sectors with vessel schedules including current, ture to ensure the safety and security of anticipated, and historical movement information. MOL also includes a portal to fulfill electronic federal filing our port, port facilities, vessels, com- requirements for cargo manifests, stow plans, advanced modities, and especially port workers. arrival/departure notices, crew manifests, and a real-time We have conducted surprise multi-agen- geospatial system that displays vessel locations and other cy compliance examinations that result- information in real time. ed in the arrest of dangerous criminal “The Maritime Exchange’s network, including its com- fugitives and removal of illegal aliens puter systems and services, is used by multiple federal, continued on page 17 continued on page 9 The Beacon 2 Fall 2018 Mid-terms bring some new faces to Del. River delegation dez (D-N.J.) were returned to office. Also, years will be equally challenging — if not more heading back to D.C. are U.S. Reps. Brendan so — in terms of passing significant legislation Boyle (D-Pa.), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Lisa that is signed into law by the president. Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Brian Fitzpat- One area where common ground may be rick (R-Pa). Thanks all for your continued ser- found lies in the area of infrastructure. This vice on our behalf. past year, Congress passed two significant Newly elected to the House of Represen- pieces of legislation, signed into law by the tatives are Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), Chrissy president, the America’s Water Infrastructure Houlahan (D-Pa.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Mary Act (S.3021) and the Fixing America’s Surface Gay Scanlon, (D-Pa.), Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.), Transportation Act (S.3587), also known as the and Susan Wild (D-Pa.). FAST Act. Both address a broad range of infra- The mid-term elections have finally come Mary Gay Scanlon and Susan Wild won structure needs, including investment in ports and gone. Needless to say, the political land- special elections to fill the remainders of terms and waterways, railways, and intermodal hubs. scape nationally and regionally has changed left vacant by incumbents who chose not to run With most issues related to the maritime in- dramatically. Political pundits were not sur- for office again. They were sworn into office in dustry, an industry that accounts for more than prised to learn that the Democrats have taken mid-November for the current session of Con- one-quarter of the national GDP, decisions are control of the House of Representatives and gress, and they will take the oath again in Janu- rarely made along partisan lines. So there is the Republicans held on to their majority in the ary as part of the incoming 116th Congress. a possibility the administration and the Con- Senate. With so much at stake at the federal level, gress (even with the Republicans controlling Our Congressional delegation in Southeast- such as port security, trade policies, dredging, the Senate and the Democrats controlling the ern Pennsylvania and South Jersey has a new navigational safety, staffing, funding, and in- House) can work together to pass a broad infra- profile, with six new members elected to the numerable other issues, full engagement with structure bill that would include provisions to House.
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