May/June | Volume 9, Issue 3 www.MaritimeLogisticsProfessional.com Port Logistics The Navy Way TERMINAL OPERATING SOFTWARE YOU NEED A COMPASS SHORTSEA SHIPPING AT LAST – THE FUTURE OF INTERMODAL SHIPPING PORT DEVELOPMENT DEEPER, WIDER – AND HIGHER CONTENTS May/June 2019 Volume 9 Number 3 “We have ample capacity to grow business at RMT and think a realistic ceiling is somewhere in the 60,000(+/-) containers-a- year mark. We are continuing to invest in the terminal and there may be new technology available that allows us comfortably and H৽FLHQWO\SXVKSDVWWKDWFHLOLQJ$QLPSRUWDQW aspect of the barge that is sometimes RYHUORRNHGLVLWVHQYLURQPHQWDOEHQH¿W´ – John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director Virginia Port Authority (VPA) 10 Insights John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director, Virginia Port Authority (VPA) 14 Shortsea Shipping All the Right Moves (Finally) By Barry Parker 18 Container Logistics Ramping (Up) to Lift Port Production By Joseph Keefe 29 Port Security What IS PORTCON 2019, anyway? By Rick Eyerdam 38 Training & Education Maritime Training Insights Database: 2019 Training Practices Report Also in this Edition 8 | Editor’s Note 45 | Statistics: Shipping Losses Lowest This Century as New Dangers Emerge 48 | Advertiser’s Index 2 | Maritime Logistics Professional | May/June 2019 CONTRIBUTORS ISSN- 24739308 USPS # 005-893 HQ 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor Tel +1 212 477 6700 1 New York, NY 10010 USA Fax+1 212 254 6271 URLwww.MaritimeLogisticsProfessional.com 2
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[email protected] +1 704 661 8475 Contributing Writers William P. Doyle Rick Eyerdam 1 Rick Eyerdam is an award winning 2 Edward Lundquist is a retired naval Patricia Keefe Barry Parker journalist and editor.