Port of New York and New Jersey’s Council on Port Performance holds career awareness event

New York City, New York, United States, 2019-May-17 — /Travel PR News/ — A career awareness event, sponsored by the Port of New York and New Jersey’s Council on Port Performance, will be held on Wednesday, May 15.

The event will provide students, who are undecided about a career path, the opportunity to explore a variety of opportunities in the maritime industry and information about the options for secondary education or job training. Students will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from the local transportation, logistics and view displays and demonstrations from a wide range of port-related companies and organizations in the fields of seafaring, trucking, terminal operations, law enforcement, and logistics.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cape Liberty Cruise Port, 4 Port Terminal Boulevard, Bayonne, NJ. Stakeholders and business partners include New York Shipping Association, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Ports America, Seafarers International Union, Council on Airport Opportunity, Prologis, Smith & Solomon, the Gateway Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.

Port Authority representatives also will be available to discuss the broad range of jobs and career options available in the maritime transportation, logistics and distribution industries.

Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency’s network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the State of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency raises the necessary funds for the improvement, construction or acquisition of its facilities primarily on its own credit. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.

Contact:
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
212-435-7777

Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey