Officials say the training center, which is expected to serve a mix of 200 new and current workers in its first year, will help make PhilaPort more competitive by formalizing the educational offerings for port workers and making it easier for people to get port work, high-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree. It’s an example of the Kenney administration’s stated priority of making it easier for Philadelphians to find blue-collar jobs. Expanding the port to create jobs was also a Mayor Kenney campaign promise. (Kenney didn’t attend the announcement because of his father’s death Tuesday. In his place was Richie Lazer, the city’s chief labor official.)