Tag: Port of Los Angeles

August 17, 2020

Terminal operators and dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach moved 753,081 cargo container units, recording the busiest month in the 109-year history and topping the record from two years ago. Trade increased by 21.1% in July compared to the […]

June 22, 2020

This new all-time world record — equal to 34,263 TEUs — is 1,385 containers more than the previously held record. One of the largest ships in the world, the MSC Isabella is part of a new class of 23,000+ TEUs […]

June 5, 2020

The port said the budget was based on expectations of slower cargo volumes in the near term and a continued slowdown in the worldwide economy, due to market uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lingering impacts from the […]

April 10, 2020

The port said that its March cargo volumes reached 449,568 TEUs marking a 30.9 % fall year-on-year and a drop to the lowest monthly cargo level since February 2009. For the first quarter of 2020, volumes at the port have […]

March 11, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has caused a major disruption to the supply chain, resulting in an increase of canceled sailings and a reduction in cargo moving through the nation’s ports. “While cargo volumes are important, the coronavirus is first and foremost […]

January 15, 2020

The Port of Corpus Christi, the 3rd largest port in the United States, said it ended 2019 with record tonnages for December of 13.8 million cargo tons and 122.2 million cargo tons for the entire year — a 16-million-ton improvement […]

December 20, 2019

It should be the busiest time of year for truck drivers like Gerald Rogers at the Los Angeles docks. Instead, they’re scrapping over leaner cargoes thanks to the trade war. Rogers, 35, said last year he was shuttling as many […]

November 20, 2019

Officials from both ports signed the MOU at a ceremony held at the Port of Los Angeles on November 15, 2019. As explained, the MOU between the two ports focuses on facilitating dialogue, information exchange and sharing of best practices. […]

September 24, 2019

The Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Oakland, Port of Portland, Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma said the long-term implications of the escalating trade conflict “will create irredeemable economic harm to employers, workers, residents […]

September 18, 2018

The California Air Resources Board is awarding two grants topping $90 million to the nation’s two busiest ports — Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, respectively — to develop a Zero Emission and Near Zero-Emission Freight Facilities […]

April 19, 2018

The US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are offering new funding in an effort to boost the development of goods-movement technologies that improve air quality. This year’s 2018 call for projects requests concept papers for a variety of […]

January 15, 2018

The Port of Los Angeles moved more cargo in 2017 than in any time in the port’s 110-year history, racking up 9.3 million TEUs. This represents a 5.5 percent increase over 2016’s record-breaking year when the port handled 8.8 million […]

December 7, 2017

The Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles are soliciting proposals for new technology to reduce at-berth emissions for non-container vessels, such as tankers, vehicle carriers, bulk and general cargo ships. As explained, at-berth air pollution from container […]

November 22, 2017

The sound — and smell — of thousands of idling trucks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could be fading if a new pilot project to convert them to part-time electric vehicles sticks. A one-mile-long test site, […]

October 30, 2017

A new world record has been set for a single vessel port call as a total of 24,846 TEUs was loaded off and back on the Maersk Evora at the Port of Los Angeles earlier this month, according to Danish […]

October 25, 2017

The peak 2017 shipping season remains red hot, with nearly every major port reporting greater container traffic in September than a year ago. The data comes in at a time of the year when many retailers import consumer goods for […]

June 14, 2017

The amount of time it took the average truck driver to do business at the two largest North America ports rose six minutes year-over-year in May due to backups at Total Terminals International, according to data from the Harbor Trucking […]

December 15, 2016

For the second consecutive month, containerized cargo flowing through the Port of Los Angeles surpassed all-time volumes for a Western Hemisphere port. Port of Los Angeles terminals processed 877,564 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), eclipsing October’s all-time record of 814,574 TEUs. […]

November 15, 2016

October was a great month at several of the top ports in the United States and a record-breaking one at the biggest port, according to newly released monthly numbers on Nov. 14. The Port of Los Angeles, the largest in […]