Los Angeles, Shanghai Ports Form Green Shipping Corridor Partnership

Los Angeles, Shanghai Ports Form Green Shipping Corridor Partnership

The ports of Los Angeles and Shanghai on Monday announced a major partnership with stakeholders to form a ‘Green Shipping Corridor’ in an effort to make one of the world’s most traveled routes for shipping containers more sustainable. The partnership involves an implementation plan with goals, roles and other initiatives that is expected to be developed by the end of this year, according to the port. That includes the best ways to lower emissions and bolster efficiency for vessels using the trade route, curbing port-related air pollution and transitioning cleaner-burning vessels with low, ultra-low and zero carbon fuels through this…
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Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Delay Container Dwell Fee to Feb. 4

Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Delay Container Dwell Fee to Feb. 4

A fee that charges ocean carriers for imports that sit at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles too long has been given yet another brief reprieve. The nation’s two busiest seaports announced that they will wait to implement their Container Dwell Fee until Feb. 4. The ports said they have witnessed a combined 67% drop in lingering cargo since Oct. 25, when they announced the fee, prompting leaders to hold off on enacting the fee for weeks as it reviews the dwell data week after week. The temporary fee calls for ocean carriers to be fined $100 for…
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Port of Seattle Labor Relations Director Retires, Interim Named

Port of Seattle Labor Relations Director Retires, Interim Named

David Freiboth is retiring from his role as senior director of labor relations for the Port of Seattle, with Senior Labor Relations Manager Mikel O’Brien serving as interim, the port announced. Freiboth, whose retirement went into effect at the end of January, has been a major part of the Puget Sound labor community, having served more than three decades as an advocate for workers -- from executive secretary of the King County Labor Council to president of the Inlandboatman’s Union of the Pacific -- before coming to the port. In his role at the Port of Seattle, he oversaw 23…
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USCG Port Security Unit 313 Returns to Washington

USCG Port Security Unit 313 Returns to Washington

Nine months after being deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 members are back home in Everett, Wash. During the tour, members gave over 42,000 hours of “around-the-clock waterside and shore side anti-terrorism and force protection defense security to Department of Defense assets and personnel at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay,” according to the USCG. “Our members excelled in this joint operating environment, expanding inter-service operability and capabilities, and exceeded every established metric for accomplishing our assigned tasking,” said Cmdr. James W. Fitzgerald, PSU 313’s commanding officer. “Their devotion to duty and the support from their…
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Port of LA, Partners, Form Dairy Exports Working Group

Port of LA, Partners, Form Dairy Exports Working Group

The Port of Los Angeles and container shipping company CMA CGM are teaming up with the International Dairy Foods Association to form a dairy exports working group to help find and deal with supply chain issues affecting U.S. dairy product exports, according to the port. First announced at the Dairy Forum 2022 event, held Jan. 23-26 in Palm Desert, Calif., the new working group is expected to concentrate on West Coast seaports, where the export journey starts for many dairy goods, and explore ways to move those products more efficiently from the nation’s interior to the West Coast, the port…
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Sen. Murkowski Visits USCG, Local Leaders

Sen. Murkowski Visits USCG, Local Leaders

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski recently traveled to Homer to meet with area leaders and crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Hickory and Naushon and area leaders. The senator visited with Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, commander of the 17th District, and Port Director and Harbormaster Bryan Hawkins about plans for possibly expanding the port and the development of a large vessel harbor. They also boarded the 225-foot seagoing buoy tender Hickory at the end of Homer Spit and talked with USCG members, as well as the crew of Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Homer. Murkowski said she appreciated the…
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Hawaii Harbor Nets Over $8M in Federal Funding

Hawaii Harbor Nets Over $8M in Federal Funding

More than $8 million will go toward maintaining Maui and Molokai harbors, thanks to federal funding given to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Hawai‘i as part of the Congress-passed Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act that was signed into law in 2021. About $4.6 million will be set aside for the Kahului Deep Draft Harbor, Maui's only commercial port on the island’s northern coast. Meanwhile, $3.5 million will be used for the Kaunakakai Deep Draft Harbor on the south central coast of Molokai. Sush projects help the Army Corps maintain and run the harbors. “As an island…
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Matson, Inc. Reports Solid Performance

Matson, Inc. Reports Solid Performance

Matson, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Matt Cox announced Jan. 19 that the Honolulu-based company finished 2021 strong as improving economic and business market trends continue to drive solid performance in Matson’s ocean transportation and logistics lines. "Within Ocean Transportation, our China service continued to see significant demand for its expedited ocean services as volume for e-commerce, garments and other goods remained elevated,” Cox said, adding that the China service was the primary driver for the company’s consolidated operating income year over year. Supply chain congestion brought on by heightened consumer demand continues to make an impact in the…
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Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Again Delay Implementing Container Dwell Fee

Los Angeles, Long Beach Ports Again Delay Implementing Container Dwell Fee

Ocean carriers have again received a brief reprieve from being charged for containers that linger at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Both ports agreed to move the start date of their “container dwell fee” to Jan. 28. Although the program was announced Oct. 25, the ports have yet to implement the fee after seeing continued progress in reduced dwell fees of imports on their docks. The latest data shows a 62% decrease in older containers at terminals at Los Angeles and Long Beach since October. The executive directors have been reviewing the start date weekly based on…
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Port of Los Angeles Launches Cyber Resilience Center

Port of Los Angeles Launches Cyber Resilience Center

The Port of Los Angeles has bolstered efforts to protect the port community from a potential cyber threat with the announcement of a new Cyber Resilience Center. The facility, which the Port of LA calls a “state-of-the-art port community cyber defense solution” was designed to enhance the port’s cybersecurity readiness and its ability to share with supply chain partners information on potential threats and recovery capabilities. The center, which was created in collaboration with stakeholders, is being run by technology company IBM. “We must take every precaution against potential cyber incidents, particularly those that could threaten or disrupt the flow…
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