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PierPass to adopt appointment system and flat fee for OffPeak program
PierPass will change its OffPeak program for truck traffic mitigation at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into an appointment system with a flat fee. The members of the West Coast MTO Agreement...
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Report: U.S. questions COSCO’s takeover of Long Beach terminal
From Reuters: A U.S. national security review has raised concerns about a takeover by China’s COSCO Shipping Holdings Co of a large container terminal in Long Beach, California, the Wall Street Journal...
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Report: COSCO may sell Long Beach terminal to clear OOCL deal
Excerpts from Supply Chain Dive: COSCO Shipping is considering selling OOCL’s terminal in Long Beach in order to clear the ocean liner deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. The sale would be a...
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Long Beach pursues chassis support yard to boost fluidity
Excerpts from the Journal of Commerce: The Port of Long Beach will issue a request for proposals to companies interested in developing and operating a chassis support yard in the harbor, a move that...
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Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach report mixed April volumes
From Logistics Management: POLA handled 703,536 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) in April, which was down 1.3% annually compared to the 714,755 TEU recorded in April 2017. POLA April imports were off...
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Investors getting nervous as doubts are raised over COSCO takeover of OOCL
Excerpts from Loadstar: COSCO’s $6.3bn takeover of Orient Overseas International (OOIL), parent of container line OOCL, is now in doubt, according to Alphaliner. The consultant said “doubts remain”...
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Largest American-made container ship christened; will call on Honolulu,...
The largest container ship ever built in the U.S. was christened in a ceremony at the Philly Shipyard on Saturday, June 30. Built for Honolulu-based Matson, the new vessel is named Daniel K. Inouye in...
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Container movement at the Port of Long Beach sets record at 752,000 TEUs
From the Press Telegram: “We had 752,000 (container) moves in our container terminals (in June 2018), which is a record for a single month,” Noel Hacegaba, port chief commercial officer said at the...
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Seattle company SSA fined $200K in Longshoreman’s death at Port of San Diego
Brother Vargas is sorely missed by his family, friends, and brothers and sisters on the docks. Excerpts from NBC 7: Phillip Vargas, ILWU Local 29 A Seattle company was fined more than $200,000 for...
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Cosco reports cyberattack at its U.S. operations
From Maritime Executive: On Wednesday, July 25, Chinese shipping conglomerate Cosco reported that its American shoreside operations have been hit by a ransomware cyber attack. The incident occurred...
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Long Beach port shipper COSCO working to recover from last week’s cyberattack
From the Press Telegram: A week after a massive cyberattack hit COSCO Shipping’s U.S. operations, the Shanghai-based shipper’s Long Beach offices continued efforts to recover from the incident. As of...
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Cargo down at Port of Long Beach due in part to new tariffs, officials say
From the Long Beach Post: Container volumes at the Port of Long Beach were 1.9 percent lower in August compared to the same month the year before, according to the port’s latest figures. Last month’s...
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Harbor commission approves $870 million budget for rail yard project at Port...
A plan that could shift more shipping containers from trucks to trains will move forward, after the harbor commission’s recent approval of the project’s $870 million budget. The project, approved...
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VIDEO: Grand opening of the ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall
From the Port of Los Angeles: ILWU longshore workers were joined by elected officials, dignitaries and others on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 for the opening of the newly constructed Dispatch Hall at the...
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Port of Long Beach sees container volume hit 8 million mark, just ahead of...
From Freight Waves: The Port of Long Beach says September container volumes fell from a year ago, but fiscal year volumes hit a new record. The results come just ahead of the tariffs the U.S. imposed...
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