News Release
FOR RELEASE - July 2, 2007
Contact: Aaron Ellis, aellis@aapa-ports.org
703-706-4714
American Association of Port Authorities
Phone: (202) 792-4033
www.aapa-ports.org
31 Seaports Selected for Honors in AAPA's Annual Communications Awards Program
Port of Tacoma Wins Top Award For Second Straight Year
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (July 2, 2007) - The leading organization representing public ports in the Western Hemisphere-American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)-has selected 31 seaports to be recognized for exemplary public relations at its 41
st annual Port Awards luncheon on Oct. 3. The awards luncheon, which recognizes achievements in communications, environmental improvement, information technology and facilities engineering, will be held in conjunction with AAPA's 2007 Annual Convention in Norfolk, Va., Sept. 30-Oct. 4.
Winners of AAPA's environmental improvement, facilities engineering and information technology awards programs will be announced later this summer.
This year's communications awards competition attracted 194 entries from 38 ports in the United States and Canada. Thirty-two public relations professionals from the Washington, D.C.-area spent a combined 150 hours judging the entries at AAPA headquarters in Alexandria, Va. In total, the judges marked 82 entries for honors, including 17 for an Award of Excellence, 42 for an Award of Merit and 23 for an Honorable Mention.
To acknowledge the most outstanding performer in the competition, each year AAPA presents a trophy in the form of a large glass globe to the port that earns the most award points from the independent public relations judges. For the second year in a row, the Dan Maynard Communications Award for Overall Excellence will be presented to the Port of Tacoma, which was selected for winning four Awards of Excellence - in the categories of videos, annual reports, periodicals and special events - and three Awards of Merit - in the categories of periodicals, promotional literature and miscellaneous. The award was renamed by AAPA's Public Relations Committee in 2004 after the late Dan Maynard, the committee's former colleague and communications director for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
A complete list of all the Communications Awards Program winners and titles of their entries follows.
2007 AAPA Communications Awards Program Winners
Dan Maynard Communications Award for Overall Program Excellence
Port of Tacoma
Advertising - Individual Awards of Merit:
Port Canaveral -
Cruise to Your Cruise Ad
Port of Los Angeles -
Port Police Recruitment Ad
Port of Los Angeles -
World's Largest Hybrid Vehicle Advertising - Series Award of Merit:
Port of Vancouver, USA -
Port Tenant Ad Series Honorable Mention:
Port of Portland (OR) -
Brand Ads (Marine, Sports Apparel
& Titans of Trade) Annual Reports Awards of Excellence:
Halifax Port Authority -
Connecting People, Commerce
and Opportunity
Port of Stockton, CA -
2006 Annual Report: Creating
Family-Wage Jobs
Port of Tacoma -
2006 Annual Report: The Tacoma
Advantage Awards of Merit:
Georgia Ports Authority -
Redefining the Pace of Trade:
2006 Annual Report
Port of Houston Authority -
2005 Annual and Environmental
Reports
Port of Portland -
Portfolio
Port of Shreveport-Bossier -
The Port Works
Quebec Port Authority -
2005 Annual Report Honorable Mentions:
Jacksonville Port Authority -
JAXPORT's 2006 Annual Report
Port of South Louisiana -
Port of South Louisiana 2006
Annual Report Audio & Visual Presentations Award of Merit:
Port of Shreveport-Bossier -
The Port Works Direct Mail Awards of Merit:
Port Freeport, TX -
JOC's 17th Annual Breakbulk
Conference & Exhibition
Invitation Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey -
All Water Service
Directories/Handbooks Award of Excellence:
Port of San Diego -
2007//2008 Cruise Ship Schedule Awards of Merit:
Georgia Ports Authority -
GPA Ports Guide and Directory
2007
South Carolina State Ports Authority -
Port of Charleston Handbook Honorable Mention:
Fraser River Port Authority -
Technical Specifications
Handbook Miscellaneous Awards of Merit:
Port Manatee -
Port Manatee Public Tram Tours
Maryland Port Administration -
The Great Port of Baltimore: Its
First 300 Years
Port of Tacoma -
Supply Chain Security Poster Honorable Mentions:
Port of Long Beach -
Port of Long Beach Crisis
Communications Plans
Port of New Orleans -
"Against the Wind: Board
Employees Triumph Over
Hurricane Katrina" Overall Campaign Awards of Excellence:
Port Canaveral -
Port Canaveral Branding
Campaign
Port of Long Beach -
Port of Long Beach Harbor Tours
Port of New Orleans -
Cruise Ships Return to New
Orleans Award of Merit:
Port of San Diego -
Port of San Diego Decade of
Public Art Campaign
Periodicals Awards of Excellence:
Port Manatee -
Deepwater
Port of Tacoma -
Pacific Gateway
Virginia Port Authority -
The Virginia Maritimer
| Awards of Merit:
Port of Everett -
Port Beat
Port of Houston Authority -
The Port Report
Port of Long Beach -
Re: Port
Port of Los Angeles -
What's New, Crew?
Maryland Port Administration -
Dockside
Port of Portland (OR) -
Portside
Port of Portland (OR) -
Port Dispatch
South Carolina State
Ports Authority -
Port Charleston Magazine
Port of Tacoma -
Pierce County's Port Report
Honorable Mentions:
Port Canaveral -
Port Canaveral Magazine
Port of Houston Authority -
The Port of Houston Promotional Literature Awards of Excellence:
Port Everglades -
Protecting the Balance
Port of San Francisco -
Maritime Calendar 2007 Awards of Merit:
Port of Long Beach -
Cargo Movement: In Focus
Port of Longview (WA) -
Marine Marketing Brochure
Port of Los Angeles -
2007 Port of Los Angeles
Centennial Calendar
Port of Miami -
2007 Port of Miami Cruise Guide
Port of Portland (OR) -
Container Barging Brochure
Port of Tacoma -
Breakbulk: A Commitment to Our
Customers Honorable Mentions:
Port of Everglades -
Port Everglades Cruise Guide
2007
Port of Houston Authority -
Welcome to the Port
Port of Los Angeles -
2007 Mariners Guide
Maryland Port Administration -
Port of Baltimore Tricentennial
Celebration Brochure Special Events Awards of Excellence:
Port of Los Angeles -
Port of Los Angeles Rail Festival
Port of Seattle -
Port 101 Series
Port of Tacoma -
Kaiser Smokestack Demolition Awards of Merit:
Port Canaveral -
Eukor Arrival
Port of Long Beach -
Green Port Open House
Port of New Orleans -
94th Annual AAPA Convention:
"Rollin' on the River"
Port of Portland (OR) -
Celebrating Connections: Carrier
Appreciation Lunch Honorable Mention:
Port of Houston Authority -
Opening of Bayport Container
Terminal Videos Award of Excellence:
Port of Tacoma -
Pierce County Port Report TV
Show Honorable Mentions:
Port Canaveral -
Employee Brand Training
Port of Long Beach -
Sustainability Video
Virginia Port Authority -
Ride the Tide
Virginia Port Authority -
Port to the New World Websites Award of Excellence:
Port of Everett -
www.portofeverett.com Awards of Merit:
Port Freeport, TX -
www.portfreeport.com
Port of Hueneme -
www.portofhueneme.org
Port of Los Angeles -
www.portoflosangeles.org
Port Manatee -
www.portmanatee.com
Port of Portland -
www.portofportland.com
Port of New Orleans -
www.portno.com Honorable Mentions:
Port Canaveral -
www.portcanaveral.org
Halifax Port Authority -
www.portofhalifax.ca
Ports of Indiana -
www.portsofindiana.com
Port of Long Beach -
www.polb.com
Maryland Port Administration -
www.portofbaltimore.org
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