PHA Notches Record Year
In 2007, the Port of Houston Authority achieved its eighth consecutive year of record-breaking operating revenue. Year-end numbers project that the PHA increased operating revenue by $24 million, or 14 percent, over the previous year. “We could not have reached this achievement without the leadership of our dedicated port commissioners and port staff, who have remained committed to the business priorities that serve as the benchmark to the measurement of our success,” said PHA Executive Director H. Thomas Kornegay, who gave the presentation at the January 22 Port Commission meeting. The eight system-wide priority areas in which PHA achieved record-breaking success are: economic impact…
Bray Named AAPA Chair
J. Robert Bray, executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, was installed as AAPA chairman of the board during the Association's Annual Membership Meeting during its 88th annual convention in N.Y. on September 30. Bray, who has been executive director of the Virginia Port Authority since 1978, was elected chairman of the board-elect of the AAPA during the Association's Spring Conference last March in Washington, D.C. He succeeds H. Thomas Kornegay, executive director of the Port of Houston Authority.
