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14 Jan

Tacoma Port, School District Break Ground on Port Maritime Center

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsmaritimecenter, portoftacoma, training

The Port of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools on Jan. 8 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the future Port Maritime Center, a 20-acre project that includes a new business office for the port and the Maritime|253 skills center. “The Port Maritime Center will be the new front door to the Port of Tacoma, allowing us to better connect with the community and bringing new life to the east side of the Foss Waterway,” Port Commission President John McCarthy said. “Our unique partnership with Tacoma Public Schools makes this a transformational project that will help inspire and grow the future of the maritime…

19 Nov

Additional Training for U.S. Coast Guard Recommended by GAO

Margaret BaumanNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newsgao, training, uscg

A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office recommends updates in training for the U.S. Coast Guard for emerging missions demands, such as Arctic operations, cybersecurity and modernizing its training efforts. Meeting the mission demands requires enhanced skills and training for the Coast Guard workforce, the GAO said in a report published online Oct. 30. The Coast Guard currently carries out varied duties, including Arctic patrols, cybersecurity and trying to stop illegal fishing in the Western Hemisphere. Its training command delivered over 400 unique training courses to more than 23,000 Coast Guard students in fiscal year 2023. While the Coast…

13 Feb

Port of LA Seeks Public Input Re: Workforce Training Facility

Karen Robes MeeksNews, News Briefs, PMM Online Newspola, training, workforce

The Port of Los Angeles is seeking feedback from the public regarding an environmental document for a proposal to build a workforce training center dedicated to the goods movement sector. The port moved forward on the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach Goods Movement Workforce Training Facility project earlier this month with the release of an Initial Study/Notice of Preparation, the first step in the environmental review of the project, the port said Feb. 8. Set for construction on Port of Los Angeles property in the Wilmington area of LA, the new facility would offer training in…

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…

27 Sep

Port of Oakland Partners on Transportation, Logistics Workforce Training

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The Port of Oakland and the West Oakland Job Resource Center are teaming up to provide training for workers for green jobs in the transportation and logistics industry, the port announced Sept. 26. The center, which launched the “Greening the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Industry” initiative, netted a $350,000 California Energy Commission’s Clean Transportation Program grant, which is part of the commission’s $100 million annual investment to communities by fast-tracking the development and deployment of green transportation and fuel technologies, the port said. The project seeks to create roads to good-paying, quality jobs in marginalized communities. Those in the program…