2010 Person of the Year Named!

 RICHARD M. LARRABEE

DIRECTOR, PORT COMMERCE DEPARTMENT

THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY

Richard M. Larrabee is the Director of the Port Commerce Department of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.  He oversees the management and operation of the major marine terminal facilities within the Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on the East Coast of North America, which handled 88 million tons of cargo in 2008, and approximately 5.3 million teu’s (twenty-foot equivalent units).  These facilities include:

• The Port Newark/Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal complex in Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey;
• The Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn, New York;
• The Howland Hook Marine Terminal in Staten Island, New York; and
• Port Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal in Jersey City and Bayonne, New Jersey.

Mr. Larrabee manages a multi-billion dollar port redevelopment program that includes reinvestment in marine terminal facilities, deepening harbor channels and berths, improving intermodal connections and protecting sensitive marine environments.  The redevelopment program is positioning the Port of New York and New Jersey to accommodate future growth that is projected to double over the next decade and could quadruple by 2040.

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