A vibrant and healthy economic and environmental future for the ports is vital to us all.
We must meet the ports' environmental challenges. But to do this, it is essential that we build needed marine and landside shipping facilities and improve our transportation corridors. Without these improvements, congestion and air quality will only worsen. Inaction or delay is not an option .In order to green the ports, we must grow them.
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Industry News
Ocean cargo/global logistics: Port of Seattle reports solid start for new year
Logistics Management - 1/27/10
Bills back legislative input on port
The Virginian-Pilot - 1/27/10
LA Port Passes Quarter-Million Mark In Funding To Lobbyist
Cunningham Report - 1/27/10
New LA “Job Czar” Hired: Well, That's One New Job Created
Metroblogging.com (blog) - 1/27/10
SoCal Ports Expect 85% Clean Truck Compliance By Spring
Cunningham Report - 1/26/10
On the Waterfront: 'State of the Port' address is Friday
Long Beach Press-Telegram - 1/26/10
Environmental Groups Blast Port of Seattle CEO
The Washington Free Press - 1/25/10
Unemployment in Long Beach area mostly flat in December
Contra Costa Times - 1/23/10
Mayor's Job Push Is Late, But Better Than Never
LA Downtown News Online - 1/23/10
Port's Clean Truck Program Shines Bright White for 2010
NGV Global - 1/22/10
Port of Los Angeles Considering Zero-Emission Hybrid Trucks
EP Magazine - 1/22/10
LA port registers only monthly gain of '09 in December
Progressive Rail Roading - 1/22/10
John Kashiwabara, first Japanese-American Harbor Commissioner, dies at 88
Everything Long Beach (press release) - 1/21/10
Long Beach port pumps up volume in December; Vancouver port adds dual-hoist cranes
Progressive Rail Roading - 1/19/10
Clean Air Port Initiative an Undeniable Success
PR Newswire (press release)
- 1/19/10
Ex-Harbor Commissioner John Kashiwabara was 'a true statesman'
Long Beach Press-Telegram - 1/19/10
John Kashiwabara, former Long Beach port commissioner, dies
Long Beach Press-Telegram - 1/18/10
What's the Buzz
Cunningham Report - 1/18/10
LA Extends Hand to Business
Los Angeles Business Journal - 1/17/10
San Pedro harbor complex cautiously hopeful after cargo uptick
89.3 KPCC - 1/17/10
Ports got a tonic in December to cap an anemic 2009
Los Angeles Times - 1/15/10
Port Traffic Grows in December
Los Angeles Business Journal - 1/14/10
The West Coast Hangover
The Journal of Commerce Magazine - Commentary - 1/11/10
Cleaner port air, but how?
Los Angeles Times - 1/9/10
Exports Up at Ports
Los Angeles Business Journal - 12/15/09
When Recession Ends, Will Container Ships Come Back to Seattle and Tacoma?
Seattle Times - 11/13/09
First Half-Liner Losses Pass $6 Billion
Journal of Commerce – 09/08/09
Competition Swamps L.A. Port
Los Angeles Business Journal – 08/24/09
Downsizing pushes LB unemployment to 13.7%
Long Beach Press Telegram – 08/21/09
Grim forecast for L.A. and Long Beach ports
Los Angeles Times – 08/17/09
Cargo totals for ports drop again in July
Torrance Daily Breeze – 08/14/09
Port of Oakland Facing Hard Times
KCBS Radio – 08/11/09
Port of Oakland workers being laid off
KGO – ABC affiliate – 08/06/09
EPA proposes curbs on ship emissions
Long Beach Press-Telegram – 08/06/09
West Coast Ports Volume Fell 20.7 Percent
Journal of Commerce – 08/04/09
Ports may put end to cargo fee
Torrance Daily Breeze – 08/01/09
Port 'casuals' have sinking feeling amid cargo woes
Los Angeles Times – 07/20/09
Ships Tread Water, Waiting for Cargo
New York Times - 05/13/09
Port Traffic Expected to Fall 13.5% in ‘09
Torrance Daily Breeze - 05/13/09
Editorial: Full speed ahead on Long Beach port improvements
Los Angeles Times - 05/11/09
Hapag-Lloyd Loses $302M
Journal of Commerce - 05/11/09
Hanjin Swings to First Quarter Loss
Journal of Commerce - 05/11/09
Shipbreaking Boom: The freighter graveyards of South Asia
Spiegel - 05/08/09
Box Imports Declined 15 Percent in March
Journal of Commerce - 05/07/09
Analysis: Gulf Coast Ports Show Strength
GlobeSt.com - 05/03/09
LA-LB Programs Drive Shippers to Other Ports
Journal of Commerce - 04/22/09
Ocean shipping: Port Tracker report says February volumes hit lowest monthly level in seven years
Logistics Management - 04/20/09
Los Angeles Port's Rivals Make Gains
Wall Street Journal - 04/14/09
Ocean shipping: Port Tracker report says February volumes hit lowest monthly level in seven years
Logistics Management - 04/20/2009
Los Angeles Port's Rivals Make Gains
Wall Street Journal - 04/14/2009
CalPERS unit steams into U.S. port with $9 bln offer
Reuters - 04/03/2009
West Coast Containers Plunge
Journal of Commerce - 04/02/09
Editorial: Give Port Truckers a Break Already
Los Angeles Business Journal - 03/30/2009
Idle Box Fleet Hits 484 Ships
Journal of Commerce - 03/16/2009
Shippers reduce work shifts
Long Beach Press-Telegram - 03/12/2009
News/Media links
- LA Times
- Daily Breeze
- Press Telegram
- Journal of Commerce
- Marine Digest
- The Cunningham Report
- Long Beach Post
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