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11 Jul

California Ports Receive Infrastructure Grants

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The Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland and Stockton seaports last week announced that they have received grants from the State of California to fund several infrastructure projects that they say would improve the supply chain. Of the $1.5 billion in grants announced by California Transportation (Caltrans) Secretary Toks Omishakin, the Port of Los Angeles is receiving $233 million, which goes toward funding the POLA’s Maritime Support Facility (MSF) Improvement and Expansion Project, the Rail Mainline/Wilmington Community & Waterfront Pedestrian Grade Separation Bridge and improvements to the State Route 47/Seaside Avenue and Navy Way Interchange. “This nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment in critical…

27 Jun

LA, LB Ports Approve New Annual Budgets

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The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners in early June approved a $2 billion budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 for the Port of Los Angeles, a plan that anticipates modest gains in revenue despite last year’s cargo volume declines and an increased investment in capital projects. The port expects a 5.1% jump year over year to 8.9 million TEUs in FY 2023-2024. “This plan lays out a path forward that strategically balances anticipated cargo revenues with important port priorities,” Commission Vice President Edward Renwick said June 7. The budget also includes $652.9 million in total operating revenues, an 8.6% jump…

20 Jun

Port of Long Beach to Give Pier B On-Dock Rail Project Update

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The public can hear the latest information about the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility project at a virtual meeting scheduled for June 21. Port staff members plan to give an update on the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, which the port considers central to its multi-million dollar rail capital improvement program. The project is expected to move more containers from terminals directly onto trains instead of using trucks and link smaller train segments to full-sized trains. “Moving cargo by on-dock rail is cleaner and more efficient, as it reduces truck traffic,” the port said in a statement. The…

30 May

Prison Sentence for Woman Who Sent Fake ILWU-PMA Health Plan Claims

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A Los Angeles area woman who sent false claims to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Association (ILWU-PMA) benefit plan at the Port of Long Beach has been sentenced to 27 months in prison, City News Service reported May 23. Sara Victoria, 46, who pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and aggravated identity theft last December, will also have to pay $551,810 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Victoria, along with eight other defendants -- seven of them Port of Long Beach dockworkers -- took advantage of the union health benefit plan that covers overall chiropractic…

23 May

April Cargo Volumes Down at LA, Long Beach Ports

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The Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports saw cargo volumes drop by double-digits last month, according to newly released data. Los Angeles saw overall cargo numbers fall 22% last month compared to April 2021, the second busiest April in port history, the port announced May 18. Los Angeles moved 688,110 TEUs last month, with imports down 25% to 343,689 TEUs and loaded exports down 12% to 88,202 TEUs. Empty containers also dropped 23% to 256,220 TEUs year over year, according to the port. “A cooling global economy, warehouses laden with aging inventory and prolonged West Coast labor negotiations have all…

16 May

Port of Long Beach Releases Concept Plan for Offshore Wind Facility

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The Port of Long Beach on May 9 announced its concept proposal for Pier Wind, a floating offshore wind facility centered around supporting companies involved in future renewable energy efforts along the West Coast. The vision for Pier Wind includes a $4.7 billion facility featuring as many as 400 acres southwest of the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge. The port says that the project would contribute to the state’s efforts to create 25 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2045 and help lower the national expense of offshore wind power by 70% by 2035. “Imagine fully assembled wind turbines capable…

16 May

Lowenthal Reappointed to Long Beach Harbor Commission

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Longtime civic leader Bonnie Lowenthal has been reappointed to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, the commission that governs the Port of Long Beach, one of the largest seaports in the nation. The Long Beach City Council made Mayor Rex Richardson’s reappointment of Lowenthal official on May 2 when it unanimously approved it. Each term is six years, and the mayor can appoint each commissioner to up to two terms. Lowenthal is the 68th commissioner since the commission structure was established in 1925. Before being named to the commission in 2017, Lowenthal served as a Long Beach City Council…

25 Apr

Cargo Numbers Down at POLB, Dwell Time Falls at San Pedro Bay Ports

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High inventory stocks and cargo diversions to East and Gulf Coast seaports continue to affect cargo numbers at the Port of Long Beach, where March container trade dropped by almost one-third year over year, according to data released April 19. Long Beach handled 30% fewer containers last month to 603,878 TEUs. March 2022 was the busiest March in the port’s history. Imports also fell 34.7% year over year to 279,148 TEUs, while exports rose 16.9% to 133,512 TEUs. Meanwhile, empty containers fell 40.5% to 191,218 TEUs. “Warehouses remain full and fewer cargo containers are crossing the docks because consumer spending…

18 Apr

PMA Blasts ILWU Over Disruption at LA, Long Beach Ports

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Things are heating up in the midst of contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents ocean carriers and terminal operators, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which represents West Coast dockworkers. In an April 13 new release, PMA accused ILWU Local 13 of withholding labor at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports and refusing to allow PMA to take part in a labor dispatch procedure that is jointly administered by the union and employers, moves that the PMA says shut down terminals at the adjoining ports earlier this month. PMA also says Local 13 has also…

04 Apr

LA-Long Beach Ports’ Goods Movement Training Campus Nets Funding

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California leaders on March 24 announced a $110 million investment over three years to build what they say would be the nation’s first training facility dedicated to goods movement. Set to open in 2029, the 20-acre Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach Goods Movement Training Campus would give the ability to attract and retain supply chain workers by learning on state-of-the-art equipment that prepares workers for zero-emissions port operations and building on other skill sets. “We are humbled that our efforts are being recognized and rewarded by this historic investment in our collective future success,” Ramon Ponce…