JOC Sailings Collaborates with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to Launch Custom Online Gateway

By Joc Sailings, PRNE
Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The PANYNJ customized micro-site extends the breadth and depth of key regional information for the cargo shipping industry

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 8, 2010 - JOC Sailings (www.jocsailings.com) a division of United Business
Media Global Trade (UBM GT) is a leader in providing point-to-point sailing
schedules and business news for the maritime industry and is proud to
announce the joint launch of the PANYNJ custom micro-site (
www.jocsailings.com/quick-searcha/PortofNJ/index.cfm?deppoints=465&deppoints_new_value=false&arrpoints=72&arrp
) - an online resource for critical and timely information in relationship to
doing business within this key region.

"The value of this landing page is the overall package of promoting and
driving traffic to the micro-site, significant global exposure, and
high-level port industry data driving trade to and from this region. Our
client's custom micro-site is a highly-targeted online extension of their
marketing and branding operation, lead generation-flow and metrics," said Ray
Venturino
, VP Global Seaports of JOC Sailings.

The PANYNJ's grasp of shipping professionals will be enhanced by the
inclusion of various multimedia on the micro-site that will lead to
successful interaction between them and the freight forwarders, ocean
carriers, and global shippers who wish to utilize this six terminal complex.
By residing on the newly designed JOC Sailings platform, visitors to this
destination will gain instant access to advanced sailing schedules, carrier
search, significant news and data analysis compiled by JOC Sailings expert
editors and captains of the ocean transport community.

By joining forces with JOC Sailings, the bistate agency aims to increase
its online presence to further penetrate its target market and provide
effective digital communications about the Port of New York and New Jersey's
service offerings and capital improvements for customers.

This collaborative effort between JOC Sailings and the PANYNJ was
designed as an online vehicle to provide a dynamic and targeted environment
to increase the NY/NJ port's online exposure with keyword search inclusion on
jocsailings.com.

About JOC Sailings

JOC Sailings, a division of The Journal of Commerce which is published by
UBM GT, and is a global transportation resource for professionals involved in
the ocean transportation industry. JOCSailings.com's state-of-the-art search
engine provides access to worldwide shipping schedules and related news on
carrier rates, port developments and regulatory issues that affect
containerized cargo and ocean transportation industry.

About The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operates many of the
busiest and most important transportation links in the region. They include
John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia,
Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain
Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland
tunnels; the three bridges between Staten Island and New Jersey; the PATH
(Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid-transit system; Port Newark; the
Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal; the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on
Staten Island; the Port Authority Auto Marine Terminal; the Brooklyn
Piers/Red Hook Container Terminal; and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in
midtown Manhattan. The agency also owns the 16-acre World Trade Center site
in Lower Manhattan and is a partner in the Access to the Region's Core tunnel
project.

About UBM Global Trade

UBM Global Trade provides proprietary data, news, business intelligence
and analytical content supporting commercial maritime, rail, trucking,
warehousing and logistics industries worldwide. The company's portfolio of
more than 100 online, print and interactive workflow business solutions
includes The Journal of Commerce, JoC Events, PIERS Global Intelligence
Solutions and an array of international trade and transportation databases
and directories. UBM Global Trade, a subsidiary of United Business Media
Limited, is headquartered in East Windsor, N.J., with offices throughout the
U.S., and in Canada and Hong Kong. For more information, explore
www.ubmglobaltrade.com or call +1-800-221-5488, or outside US at
+1-609-371-7700.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring, and the development and monetization
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve
professional commercial communities — from doctors to game developers, from
journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists — with
integrated events, online, print and business information products. The 6,500
staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve
these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do
business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more
information, go to www.ubm.com.

Ray Venturino, Vice President Global Seaports, The Journal of Commerce, +1-973-848-7207, rventurino at joc.com

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