Port of Los Angeles ready for bountiful container volumes
“The table is set to scale up as demand increases,” said Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka.
“The table is set to scale up as demand increases,” said Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka.
Executive Director Mario Cordero says the Port of Long Beach is “ready for a rebound in retail.”
Executive Director Mario Cordero said he is optimistic the Port of Long Beach will recapture market share.
The 9,133,657 twenty-foot equivalent units the Port of Long Beach handled in 2022 were only 2.7% off the record-setting 2021.
Container volumes were up year over year in Savannah and Charleston, while crude oil exports set a record in Corpus Christi.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the Port of Long Beach a $30.1 million grant to replace diesel yard tractors with zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment.
Executive Director Mario Cordero says the Port of Long Beach is “making great strides in reducing the number of ships queuing to enter the San Pedro Bay ports complex and quickly moving imports and empty containers out of the terminals.”
According to maritime expert John McCown, the U.S. ports with the strongest April performance were Charleston, South Carolina; Houston; and New York/New Jersey.
Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach executive director, says there have been “notable improvements across the supply chain,” but lockdowns in China could change that.
“Efforts to successfully move aging cargo out of shipping terminals” improve the picture at California’s San Pedro Bay ports.
“Historic, pandemic-induced import surge” drove record-smashing volume at the Port of Long Beach.
Eight California Republicans are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to suspend or eliminate regulations and declare a state of emergency to address the supply chain crisis.
The Port of Los Angeles had its busiest September ever, while Long Beach had its second busiest.
The Port of Long Beach has broken monthly cargo records 13 of the past 14 months.
E-commerce spurs a year-over-year container volume hike of 43.6%.
Container rates doubling from a year ago is a lesson for port investment, according to Port of Long Beach’s Mario Cordero.
Lending a hand includes everything from improving the environment to funding community initiatives to rescuing a skier mauled by a bear.
Maritime operators make the case for being included in the next COVID-19 relief bill.
The Port of Long Beach may need to start filling out its record book in pencil as new numbers keep replacing those on top.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero delivers a melodious annual report.
U.S. ports have seen “month-over-month strength across multiple business segments.”
The 8,113,315 TEUs moved in 2020 stacked up as a record year for the Port of Long Beach.
“Sharing this information is highly beneficial for the supply chain, especially as we cope with both seasonal and unanticipated peaks and valleys in cargo volume,” says Executive Director Mario Cordero.
Empty containers returning to Asia jumped 55% to 283,563 units.
The harbor commission voted to replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge in August 2010.
The pandemic, trade war and a communication gap have muddled implementation of a $10-per-TEU surcharge.
Top July welcome news amid “devastating effects of the coronavirus on the economy.”
San Pedro Bay complex braces for more blanked sailings as coronavirus pandemic rages on.
Final steel floor beam lifted into place two years after assembly of main span got underway.
“The coronavirus is delivering a shock to the supply chain,” said port chief Mario Cordero.
Lingering effects from tariff battles with China also contributed to decline in February.
Harbor commissions sign agreement to collaborate on common issues.
Port of Long Beach is offering incentive payments to ocean carriers in an effort to stabilize declining cargo volumes.
Team of rivals? The competing ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are looking at additional ways to cooperate for their mutual benefit.
Cordero talked about record container volumes, tariffs and the status of billions of dollars in Port modernization projects.