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Topic: Ports

The latest news and insight on the current state of U.S. Ports, including infrastructure investment, new services, labor issues, and global trade volumes.


Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach kick off 2011 with solid volumes
Both ports show double-digit annual gains for imports and exports.

High-end counterfeit goods seized at Port of Los Angeles
More than $10 million in counterfeit electronics, stolen merchandise and bank receipts have been recovered as a result of a cargo theft investigation initiated by Los Angeles Port Police.

Port of Long Beach executive director lauds investment
Many shipping analysts suggest that U.S. West Coast ports should be back on their heels when it comes to discussing the Panama Canal expansion. At least one leading port authority disagrees

Port of LA reports robust container throughput
The recession may be just a dark memory for the Port of Los Angeles, which is reporting a year-over-year container surge of 16 percent in 2010

Port of Los Angeles faces more opposition on drayage issue
Four organizations have individually filed amicus briefs in support of American Trucking Association in its challenge to the Port of Los Angeles Concession Agreement regulations

Port of Oakland to become major link in the transpacific cold chain
This week’s announcement of a new ocean cargo service linking China to Oakland comes at a time when the port is making a remarkable outreach effort, with significant “cold chain” implications

Port of Oakland gets new inbound call from China
The newest trans-Pacific ocean carrier, Hainan P O Shipping Co., Ltd. (P O Shipping) has expanded its services with a call connecting Oakland with five major ports in China

Port of Savannah attracting bigger vessels
The CMA CGM Figaro made its second call late last week, signaling a sign of things to come

Port of Seattle remains in the black while building for the future
The Port of Seattle Commission authorized the port’s annual budget and plan of finance yesterday, approving nearly $500 million in capital projects and maintaining the agency’s tax levy at $73.5 million.

Resurgent Port of Jacksonville opposes punitive taxes
Ocean carriers serving the U.S.-Puerto Rico trade may not be the only ones to feel the impact of a discriminatory tax on multinational companies

Port of Galveston is latest Panama Canal partner
Yet another partnership with a U.S. port has been initiated by the Panama Canal Authority

Ocean cargo: Port of Rotterdam reports positive results
Goods throughput in the port of Rotterdam increased over the first nine months of 2010 by 13.4 percent to 321 million tons.

Ocean cargo: Port of Los Angeles gets “Tiger” grant to expand rail project
港,与其他41帽ital construction projects and 33 planning projects in 40 states, received funding from $600 million awarded nationwide.

Ballot proposition may weaken Port of Long Beach cargo operations
Leaders from Southern California’s goods movement industry today announced their unanimous opposition to Measure D

Ocean shipping: August volumes at Port of Baltimore are second-highest ever, says MPA
Recent monthly volume gains at the Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals continued their record-breaking pace in August, according to data released this week by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA). In August, 57,510 TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent units) moved through the Port of Baltimore, marking the second highest monthly volume total ever recorded at the port, behind only July, which hit 63,740 TEU.

Air cargo picture brightens
The air cargo industry has made unexpected gains in recent months, but analysts are not predicting that the trend will continue into 2011.

New legal wrinkle in Port of LA’s trucking program
Port of Los Angeles staff will recommend to the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners an adjusted schedule for implementation of certain provisions of the Port of Los Angeles Clean Truck Program Concession Agreement that were previously enjoined by the federal court.

Port of New Orleans to Houston: Watch your back
Having proved its resilience in the face of Hurricane Katrina and the recent BP spill, the Port of New Orleans is ready to demonstrate it can compete with some of its regional neighbors for more cargo in the future.

West Coast seaports: PMSA concerned about “self-destructive behavior”
Just when the picture is brightening for U.S. West Coast ports, political pressure can kill the commercial recovery, said Pacific Merchant Shipping Association President John McLaurin.

SoCal Ports have reason to celebrate
Containerized cargo throughput figures released last week suggest that Southern California ports will remain the leading gateways for Asian imports.


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