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<div><p>Bethann Rooney will become the third woman to head operations for the largest container ship port on the US East Coast, taking over as port director upon the departure next month of current director Sam Ruda, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) said Monday.</p><div aria-label="Ruda, Sam ARO22.jpg" data-cke-widget-id="2" data-cke-display-name="Embedded media" data-cke-filter="off" data-cke-widget-wrapper="1"><figure><article data-widget="drupalmedia" data-cke-widget-upcasted="1" data-cke-widget-keep-attr="0" data-cke-widget-data="%7B%22attributes%22%3A%7B%22data-align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22data-caption%22%3A%22Sam%20Ruda%22%2C%22data-entity-type%22%3A%22media%22%2C%22data-entity-uuid%22%3A%2249471706-b019-4211-af74-6f76ba472d3f%22%7D%2C%22hasCaption%22%3Atrue%2C%22label%22%3A%22Ruda%2C%20Sam%20ARO22.jpg%22%7D"><div> <img></div> </article><figcaption>Sam Ruda</figcaption></figure></div></div><div><p>Rooney, now deputy port director, will assume Ruda’s position on May 2, PANYNJ said in a statement. </p></div><div><p>Ruda, port director for the past three years, is leaving the agency to return to his home on the West Coast....

Veteran port executive Bethann Rooney will become the next director of the Port of New York and New Jersey upon next month’s departure of Sam Ruda. 

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