b'6American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comThe Shipping Association of New York(PROGRESScontinuedBut there is value in having from page 4) all of the sectors of the supply to cargo owners who neededchainrepresentedindiscus-and New Jersey: Navigating a thicketthe space. sions and there is also some In2021,theportexpe- peer pressure involved. of bi-state issues riencedanunusual18.5%This year saw little change increaseincargovolumes,incargotrendsattheport, President John Nardi explains the name change, positions on port employ- overseventimesitsgrowthalthoughsomeofthecargo ment issues, interstate controversy. rate in recent years. We didcharacterizedbypandemic not have more than three orbuying have decreased. The By Peter Buxbaum, AJOT four ships at anchor at a timevolume of furniture is down andtheywerentstayingquiteabitthisyear,said Whats in a Name? Thethenextdaythatthepersonrepresentswhoweareandthere for more than a day or aRooney.Thefolkswho NewYorkShippingAsso- was really asking, Why do Iwhat we do. day and a half, said Rooney.movedoutofthecityhave ciationrecentlychangeditshave to go to New York for aWe were pretty fluid, and Ialready outfitted their homes, namekind of. The associa- job in New Jersey? n EWJ ErsEysP ort directlyattributethattotheoffices, and gyms.tion is still officially knownSimilarresponsescomeQ uEstion coordination,collaboration,Automobilevolumesat byitsoriginalname,butitwhenShippingAssociationNew Jerseys dominancecommunication,andtrans- the port have been challenged filed a legal doing businessofficials called on legislatorsin regional port operations inparencyfacilitatedbythebecause microchip scarcities as[DBA]documentwhichin Trenton, New Jerseys cap- recent years has representedcouncil.Waittimesatthehave compromised manufac-identifiesitastheShippingital,orthestatesrepresen- a bone of contention betweenport have since deteriorated,turing processes. Also, many Association of New York andtativesinWashington,D.C.thetwostates,tothepointand a glut of empty contain- autopartsarenowcoming New Jersey. When wed tell them werewhere litigation between theers have accumulated, requir- intotheportasbreakbulk The key roles of the orga- from the New York Shippingtwoisnowpendingbeforeing measures that go beyondcargoratherthanincon-nization, founded in 1955, areAssociation,theyoftenask,theUnitedStatesSupremethe councils purview.tainers.Itsbecauseofthe tonegotiatecollectivebar- Oh, so what are you doingCourt.Atissueisthepro- Unfortunately, the coun- supply-chainchallengeson gaining agreements on behalfhere? said Nardi. The nameposeddissolutionbyNewcil doesnt have the authoritythe container front, Rooney ofmaritimeterminalopera- Shipping Association of New(THICKETcontinued ontoforceportentitiestodo(PROGRESScontinued on torswiththeInternationalYork and New Jersey betterpage 8) anything,Rooneyadded.page 14)Longshoremens Association (ILA)andtoprovidesome of the labor force that moves cargo at the port.Whenwewerefirst incorporated, said John Nardi, theassociationspresident, 90% of the business in the port was in New York. Now, 90% is in New Jersey.John Nardi, the Shipping Association presidentThe associations original name tended to sow confusion among prospective employees and public officials in recent years.Ivebeenthinking aboutthisnamechangefor some time, said Nardi, who hasheadedtheorganization since 2013. Nardi, who recently was named person-of-the-year by theNewYorkNewJersey ForeignFreightForward-ers and Brokers Association, related a story on the evolu-tion of the name-change.Severalyearsback,at atownhallmeetingonport employment, one of the audi-ence members asked how to apply to become a longshore-man. The person answering the question said, Just go to NewYorkShippingAsso-ciation(NYSA)andtheyll tellyouwhattodo,Nardi related.Andthepersonin the crowd said, Well, why do I have to go to the New York ShippingAssociation?And the guy said, Because theyre theoneswhohandlethe hiring. We didnt realize until'