6 | American Association of Port Authorities
In its 2013 “Report Card for America’s
Infrastructure,” the American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the nation’s
seaport infrastructure a relatively generous
“C” grade, but later informing AAPA that
the grade included both the high-quality in-
frastructure developed within port authority
jurisdictions and the oftentimes inadequate
connecting transportation infrastructure to
ports that is outside of ports’ control. That
report went on to say, “While port authori-
ties and their private sector partners have
planned over $46 billion in capital improve-
ments from now until 2016, federal fund-
ing has declined for navigable waterways
and landside freight connections needed to
