MOLLY Campbell, director of the Port Department at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), will leave her position overseeing the east coast's largest port after three years in office to teach leadership at Harvard University.
Ms Campbell leaves October 26 having seen its three biggest monthly cargo volumes in the last year, up 7.7 per cent in the first seven months of the year with sees twice as many ships calling of more than 10,000 TEU now than a year ago.
She leaves to become part of Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative, which prepares leaders to take on new challenges. reports IHS Media.
Growth in volumes has been attributed to a widening of the Panama Canal, which has been reflected in similar increases in Asian cargo at all American east and Gulf Coast ports.
Also contributing was the raising of the Bayonne Bridge to New Jersey which gave mega ships of more than 9,500-TEU access to facilities previously denied to them.
But Ms Campbell failed to arrest the slide in market share of vis-a-vis other east coast ports. The port's cargo share peaked at 33.5 per cent in 2010 and had fallen to 29.2 by 2017. The port had a market share of 29.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2018.
The port has seen its three largest-ever monthly cargo volumes in the last year, and the volume of loaded cargo handled by the port is up by 7.7 per cent in the first seven months of the year, the port authority said. The port sees twice as many vessels over 10,000 TEU now than it did a year ago.
In a statement, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey chairman Kevin O'Toole and executive director Rick Cotton said her 'unrelenting focus on continuous improvement across port operations and infrastructure has continued to enhance the port's capabilities and propel its standing and competitiveness among the international commerce community'.
Ms Campbell leaves October 26 having seen its three biggest monthly cargo volumes in the last year, up 7.7 per cent in the first seven months of the year with sees twice as many ships calling of more than 10,000 TEU now than a year ago.
She leaves to become part of Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative, which prepares leaders to take on new challenges. reports IHS Media.
Growth in volumes has been attributed to a widening of the Panama Canal, which has been reflected in similar increases in Asian cargo at all American east and Gulf Coast ports.
Also contributing was the raising of the Bayonne Bridge to New Jersey which gave mega ships of more than 9,500-TEU access to facilities previously denied to them.
But Ms Campbell failed to arrest the slide in market share of vis-a-vis other east coast ports. The port's cargo share peaked at 33.5 per cent in 2010 and had fallen to 29.2 by 2017. The port had a market share of 29.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2018.
The port has seen its three largest-ever monthly cargo volumes in the last year, and the volume of loaded cargo handled by the port is up by 7.7 per cent in the first seven months of the year, the port authority said. The port sees twice as many vessels over 10,000 TEU now than it did a year ago.
In a statement, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey chairman Kevin O'Toole and executive director Rick Cotton said her 'unrelenting focus on continuous improvement across port operations and infrastructure has continued to enhance the port's capabilities and propel its standing and competitiveness among the international commerce community'.