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05 Aug

Long Beach Harbor Commission Chooses New Board President

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Long Beach Harbor Commission member Sharon L. Weissman has been chosen by her fellow members for a one-year stint as board president. Weissman, who was first appointed to the commission in 2020, was elected for a one-year term as president on July 25, succeeding Steven Neal. Additionally, Bobby Olvera Jr. has been elected the board’s vice president and Bonnie Lowenthal as board secretary, also for one-year terms. The new officers’ terms begin Aug. 8. “I am honored by the trust my colleagues on the board have placed in me,” Weissman said. “In collaboration with my fellow commissioners, Executive Director Mario…

02 Aug

LA, Long Beach Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Delayed to End of August

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Officials at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are delaying to the end this month implementation of the “Container Dwell Fee” that would charge ocean carriers for imports lingering past their allotted time at terminals. The new tentative start date for collecting on the fee is set for Aug. 26, the longest stretch of time the ports have postponed the fee launch. Previously, they had been moving the start date weekly based on how quickly ocean carriers have been able to move cargo off their docks. So far, Los Angeles and Long Beach port officials have seen a…

19 Jul

LA, Long Beach Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Extended

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The Harbor Commissions that govern the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports on July 15 said that they would extend the temporary Container Dwell Fee Program to Oct. 26, roughly one year after the ports announced the fee as a way to combat the growing stacks of cargo clogging their seaports. The fee calls for ocean carriers to be charged $100 for every import that stays on the docks nine or more days, rising in increments of $100 per import per day until the container is gone. However, the ports have yet to collect on it. Since announcing the program…

12 Jul

POLB Begins Dismantling Gerald Desmond Bridge

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After more than five decades serving as a vital artery for the nation’s cargo movement, the Gerald Desmond Bridge has officially started coming down. Crews on Saturday took down the 410-foot center part of the bridge and placed it onto a giant barge in one whole piece. “This moment has been 20 years in the making, from the time we started planning to replace the Gerald Desmond with a taller, wider and safer bridge,” Port Executive Director Mario Cordero said. The Gerald Desmond Bridge, which first opened to traffic in 1968, was named after the late Long Beach city attorney…

12 Jul

L.A.-Long Beach Container Dwell Fee Start Date Again Moved

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Leaders at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday, July 8 postponed implementing their “Container Dwell Fee” policy on ocean carriers by one week to July 15. The policy, which is expected to remain in effect until at least July 28, was created in conjunction with the Biden-Harris Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, U.S. Department of Transportation and those in the supply chain industry to curb the number of aging cargo containers stacking up at terminals. In May, the average dwell time for a container in both ports was four days, longer than the 3.7 day-average from…

05 Jul

LA, Long Beach Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Remains on Hold

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Based on the continued progress seeing older cargo leave their terminals, officials at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports announced Friday, July 1 that they are again holding off implementing the Container Dwell Fee. Officials moved the tentative start date to July 8 on the fee, which would charge ocean carriers $100 for every import that remains at the ports nine or more days, plus an incremental fee of $100 per container per day until it leaves the docks. Officials first announced the fee Oct. 25 to combat the growing number of containers stacking up at the twin ports.…

01 Jul

SA Recycling Celebrates Milestone at Port of Long Beach

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SA Recycling recently celebrated a major milestone: processing 2.5 million tons of iron ore exports since October 2020 at its Pier T terminal at the Port of Long Beach, the port announced Wednesday, June 29. Reaching the achievement was a big moment for SA Recycling, which has been operating at the port’s Terminal Island since 1998 and began receiving iron ore shipments from the Western U.S. by rail in 2013. The shipments are then placed on bulk cargo vessels headed for East Asia. In a statement, the port said the milestone shows “strong growth in the shipment of a resource…

28 Jun

L.A., Long Beach Ports’ Container Dwell Fee Start Date Delayed to July 1

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Leaders at the Los Angeles and Long Beach seaports have again decided to move the start date of the Container Dwell Fee an additional week, to July 1, it was announced June 24. Officials decided not to implement the fee, which charges ocean carriers for every import that stays at terminals for nine or more days, after seeing that the amount of older cargo has fallen by 31% at both ports since announcing the fee Oct. 25. The fee calls for ocean carriers to be billed $100 for every import that stays past its allotted time, rising in $100 increments…

24 Jun

POLB to Begin Demolition of Gerald Desmond Bridge in July

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The Port of Long Beach is expected to begin demolishing the old Gerald Desmond Bridge next month to make room for bigger cargo ships entering the port’s Inner Harbor. The port plans to close the Back Channel to vessel traffic from 6 a.m. on July 9 to 6 a.m. on July 11 to allow crews to remove a part of the bridge that is suspended over the channel and lower it onto a barge. Vehicle traffic shouldn’t be affected since motorists have been using the new cable-stayed Long Beach International Gateway Bridge since October 2020. The Gerald Desmond Bridge, which…

21 Jun

POLB Exec Director Appointed To National Advisory Committee

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Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero has been appointed to the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, the port announced June 14. Cordero joins a committee that includes members of labor, the private sector, trade associations, public agencies and education and environmental organizations who will advise Buttigieg on how to improve the national supply chain’s readiness and resiliency. “I thank Secretary Pete Buttigieg for this honor at such a pivotal time for international trade, and as we make significant investments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” said Cordero, who will continue leading…