Port News

Ports Briefs: POLA State of the Port and POLB Sets TEU Record

Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach break records

5 years ago

Port of Long Beach BRIEFS: POLB Scholarships Available and Harbor Commission Names New HR Director

Applications for the Port High School Scholarship Program are due March 1

5 years ago

Registration Open For POLA State Of the Port Virtual Event Jan. 20

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association and Port of Los Angeles will hold the seventh annual “State of the Port” event…

5 years ago

Profiteering Foreign Shipping Companies Versus U.S. Workers

By Frank Ponce De Leon, ILWU Coast Committeeman The multi-billion-dollar foreign container shipping industry has profited mightily during the pandemic…

5 years ago

Ports Briefs: Sec. Buttigieg Tours POLB; CA Invests $2.3 Billion in Ports; Container Dwell Fee’s Continue to Hold

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Tours POLB U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Jan. 11, toured the nation’s largest port complex, including the…

5 years ago

Ports BRIEFS: Empty Container Fees Planned, Dwell Fee’s Hold

Port of Los Angeles Dec. 30, will begin charging a fee to ocean carriers that allow empty containers to linger…

5 years ago

Ports Briefs: Container Dwell Fee’s Delayed/ Seroka Gives Year-End Assessment

Decision on 'Container Dwell Fee' On Hold Until Dec. 27 The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los…

5 years ago

San Pedro Train Engineer Pleads Guilty to Intentionally Derailing Locomotive

Eduardo Moreno, 45, of San Pedro, pleaded guilty to one count of committing a terrorist attack and other violence against…

5 years ago

‘Container Dwell Fee’ Again on Hold to Dec. 13

SAN PEDRO—The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach announced Dec. 6, that consideration of the “Container…

5 years ago

Take It From a Trucker: There’s No Trucker Shortage, It’s a Pay Shortage

I worked 12-14 hour shifts throughout the pandemic. I caught COVID-19 from a coworker, since we share the same truck.…

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