The Connecticut Port Authority has paused its search for a new executive director but is adding a new position to help market its deep-water ports and manage its small harbors. The port authority plans to hire a maritime business development manager that will in part handle the duties performed by Andrew Lavigne, the former manager of business development and special projects. As the port authority transitions from the construction project at State Pier, Hammond said much of the organization’s attention will turn to marketing the state’s three deep-water ports in New London, Bridgeport and New Haven as well as assisting municipalities with management and infrastructure at 35 smaller ports and harbors across the state. Throughout the construction of State Pier, the CPA has also had project management assistance from personnel at the state Department of Transportation. That assistance disappears once the project is completed.
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