{"id":1792,"date":"2018-06-12T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/port-houston-hosts-national-maritime-workforce-conference\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:14:26","slug":"port-houston-hosts-national-maritime-workforce-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/port-houston-hosts-national-maritime-workforce-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Houston Hosts National Maritime Workforce Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/porthouston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CKPro_4146_068-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"CKPro_4146_068\" width=\"665\" style=\"width: 665px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 4.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">Port Houston hosted the Shared Quarters National Maritime Workforce Conference at the&nbsp;San Jacinto Maritime Technology & Training Center in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">The conference attracted industry professionals and educators from across the country to focus on the expansion of the maritime industry and efforts to incorporate community colleges for maritime workforce training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">Then-Port Chairman Janiece Longoria noted that the conference was a \u201ccritically important gathering aimed at addressing the need for a strong maritime workforce for the future.\u201d More than 1,000 students in the region are in the pipeline for potential maritime industry careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">\u201cThe Houston Ship Channel remains the backbone of the economic activity and the lifeblood of our region, our state and our nation,\u201d Longoria said. \u201cWe continue to grow because tremendous investment is being made in our ship channel region to produce goods that are exported through our port.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">The event was comprised of panels that focused on military to maritime workforce crosswalks; and accreditation and curriculum for military and maritime professionals who are transitioning to college courses after military service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 4.5pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d2129;\">Brenda Hellyer, Ed.D., Chancellor for San Jacinto College, noted that the port played a key role establishing the institution\u2019s maritime facility near the port\u2019s Bayport Container Terminal. 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