Terminal Operations – Page 20 – Pacific Maritime Magazine

04 Feb

Port of Oakland Partnering with Feds to Help Agriculture Exporters

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Port of Oakland are teaming up to help agricultural exports move their goods through Oakland more quickly, the port announced Feb. 1. The federal department plans to fund 60% of the cost to launch a temporary yard exclusively for export distribution on 22 acres of waterfront property at the port as a way to address congestion of empty containers that’s impacting the movement of exports in Oakland. This would give agricultural exporters sole use of pre-cool refrigerated containers and USDA incentives to use the “pop-up yard.” This would also divert trucks away from…

04 Feb

Port of Long Beach Seeks Firms for Electric Charging Stations

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

The Port of Long Beach is looking for vendors and suppliers who can help build the electric charging infrastructure for drayage trucks. The work encompasses the installation of 100 charges at four already identified sites. This is part of a larger effort to move the fleet of port-serving trucks to zero emissions by 2035, with a goal to offer at least 100 charging stations by 2028, according to the POLB. “It’s important for us to nurture the market for electric trucks if we are to meet the zero-emissions trucks goal,” port Executive Director Mario Cordero said. “This is one of…

04 Feb

Port of Port Angeles Seeks Funding for Dry Dock Study

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

The Port of Port Angeles is looking to fund the development of a study that would delve into the feasibility of a dry dock. Port officials plan to seek some of that funding by applying for the Washington State Department of Commerce Community Economic Revitalization Board planning grant program. Up to $50,000 could be made available to help pay for the study, which would look at the port’s options for buying and installing a dry dock to lease and be used by private marine trades firms that maintain and fix vessels. The port has said that it has been approached…

01 Feb

Los Angeles, Shanghai Ports Form Green Shipping Corridor Partnership

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

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…

01 Feb

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

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

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…

01 Feb

Port of Seattle Labor Relations Director Retires, Interim Named

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

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…

01 Feb

USCG Port Security Unit 313 Returns to Washington

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

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…

28 Jan

Port of LA, Partners, Form Dairy Exports Working Group

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

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…

28 Jan

Matson, Inc. Reports Solid Performance

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online News, Terminal Operations

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…

25 Jan

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

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, Terminal Operations

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…