Pacific Ports Magazine Volume 7 Issue 3 October 2026

CONTENTS

October 2026

Volume 7 Issue 3

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6 APP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 7 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NOTE By Jane McIvor 8 INDUSTRY BRIEFS News briefs from APP Members 12 INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Port updates 26 NEW MEMBER PROFILE Marine Solutions Helping ports protect critical infrastructure 29 ANCHORAGE OPTIMIZATION Beyond vessel counts How smarter anchorage analysis can unlock port fluidity By Lee Barrett-Lennard, Clear Seas Modernizing, decarbonizing and building resilience across the Pacific

32 PORT MAINTENANCE Protecting steel sheet piles A galvanic strategy for marine infrastructure preservation By Carla Neal, Vector Corrosion Technologies 35 PORT INFRASTRUCTURE The fuel infrastructure gap By Mike Jacob, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association 37 PROJECT MANAGEMENT

46 CONFERENCE RECAP Net-zero port operations

Building the path to net-zero port operations

49 CONFERENCE RECAP Digital port management

Turning data into better decisions

Progressiv design-build accelerates Port of Port Arthur second access point By The Burns & McDonnell Team

39 CONFERENCE RECAP Engineering resilience

Rebuilding Guam’s Glass Breakwater

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43 CONFERENCE RECAP

Whole-of-life asset management Designing for the long haul

On the cover: Port Authority of Guam (courtesy Port Authority of Guam) ; Top: Port representatives providing their reports ; Bottom: The Glass Breakwater, Apra Harbor, Guam (source: U.S. Navy).

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