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Friday, September 11, 2015
Port of Long Beach Breaks Cargo Volume Record Again in August
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Port of Long Beach Breaks Cargo Volume Record Again in August

  Another record at the Port of Long Beach as cargo volume once again breaks its all-time cargo volume record for the second month in a row. The Port

September 11, 2015
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Record Long Beach Port Traffic Shows Strength in U.S. Demand
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Record Long Beach Port Traffic Shows Strength in U.S. Demand

  By James Nash and Matthew Winkler (Bloomberg) — Electronics, auto parts and clothes from Asia are streaming through the second-busiest U.S. port

September 8, 2015
Total Views: 67

Friday, August 14, 2015
Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record
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Port of Long Beach Sets Cargo Record

  Cargo container volumes surged through the Port of Long Beach in July with an 18.4 percent increase over the same month in 2014, making it a record

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 30

Thursday, July 23, 2015
U.S. Regulator Approves Alliance Between Ports of Seattle and Tacoma
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U.S. Regulator Approves Alliance Between Ports of Seattle and Tacoma

  The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has voted to unanimously to allow an alliance between the ports of Tacoma and Seattle that is to

July 23, 2015
Total Views: 31

Monday, June 29, 2015
Georgia Ports Authority Sets All-Time Container and Total Tonnage Records
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Georgia Ports Authority Sets All-Time Container and Total Tonnage Records

The Georgia Ports Authority set all-time records for both container volumes and total tonnage in May with strong growth across several key business

June 29, 2015
Total Views: 46

Thursday, June 25, 2015
U.S. Senate-Approved Bill Seeks Port Performance Transparency
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U.S. Senate-Approved Bill Seeks Port Performance Transparency

A divided Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday approved legislation requiring the government to report on the performance of major U.S. port operations,

June 25, 2015
Total Views: 28

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Maersk Line Will Continue Houston Port Calls After APM Terminals Exit
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Maersk Line Will Continue Houston Port Calls After APM Terminals Exit

  The world’s biggest shipping company, Maersk Line, and its affiliated shipping services, SeaLand and Safmarine, has agreed to continue to call at

June 24, 2015
Total Views: 225

Thursday, June 18, 2015
Container ship in panama canal
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Panama Canal Expansion – U.S. East Coast Ports to Gain Container Traffic Market Share

  U.S. East Coast ports could gain up to 10 percent additional share of the container traffic to the U.S. from East Asia following the opening of the

June 18, 2015
Total Views: 35

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
hapag-lloyd containership
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Hapag-Lloyd Pulls Out of Portland, Sinking Port’s Container Business

Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed that it has in fact terminated its service at the Port of Portland’s ‘Terminal 6’ container terminal, sinking

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 71

Friday, April 3, 2015
West Coast Ports Labor Deal Wins Dockworkers Union Approval
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West Coast Ports Labor Deal Wins Dockworkers Union Approval

A union caucus representing dockworkers at West Coast ports voted to recommend to its members a labor contract deal reached over months of negotiations that

April 3, 2015
Total Views: 21

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Congestion Slowly Easing at U.S. West Coast Ports
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Congestion Slowly Easing at U.S. West Coast Ports

Cargo congestion at the two busiest U.S. container ports has eased considerably in the six weeks, but port officials said it would take several more weeks for

April 1, 2015
Total Views: 66

Thursday, March 26, 2015
Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Begin Collaboration Talks
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Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Begin Collaboration Talks

Executives at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles met this week to begin talks about working together to improve the flow of cargo through the largest port

March 26, 2015
Total Views: 82

Friday, March 20, 2015
Port of Savannah Welcomes Largest Ship Yet
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Port of Savannah Welcomes Largest Ship Yet

The Georgia Ports Authority welcomed the largest ship ever to call on the Port of Savannah this week when the ZIM Tianjin docked at Garden City Terminal. The

March 20, 2015
Total Views: 67

Wednesday, March 11, 2015
New Cargo Strategy at Port of Los Angeles Helping Clear Backlog
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New Cargo Strategy at Port of Los Angeles Helping Clear Backlog

The Port of Los Angeles says that a new strategy to expedite the movement of containerized cargo through the port is beginning to pay off. The program, called

March 11, 2015
Total Views: 38

Monday, February 23, 2015
West Coast Ports Revive as Dockworkers Take on Two-Month Backlog
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West Coast Ports Revive as Dockworkers Take on Two-Month Backlog

Ports are coming back to life along the U.S. West Coast after dockworkers resolved a nine-month labor standoff, though the cargo backlog from ships waiting

February 23, 2015
Total Views: 34

Saturday, February 21, 2015
West Coast Ports Deal a Relief for Trans-Pacific Trade
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West Coast Ports Deal a Relief for Trans-Pacific Trade

The dispute had reverberated throughout the U.S. economy, extending to agriculture, manufacturing, retail and

February 21, 2015
Total Views: 95

West Coast Ports Employers, Dockworkers Reach Tentative Five-Year Contract Deal
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West Coast Ports Employers, Dockworkers Reach Tentative Five-Year Contract Deal

West Coast dockworkers and their employers ended their nine-month standoff with a five-year contract deal, averting a shutdown of 29 ports that could have cost

February 21, 2015
Total Views: 62

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Crisis Brews (Again) on the West Coast Docks: What’s Going On?
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Crisis Brews (Again) on the West Coast Docks: What’s Going On?

The West Coast ports of the U.S. are headed for paralysis as a contract dispute between management and unionized dockworkers spills onto the docks from San

February 19, 2015
Total Views: 36

Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Containers and ships sit idle at the Port of Long Beach in this file photo
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U.S. West Coast Ports Reopen As Labor Secretary Joins Talks – Update

A partial shutdown of 29 U.S. West Coast ports stretched into a third day on Monday ahead of the U.S. labor secretary's scheduled arrival in San

February 17, 2015
Total Views: 55

Sunday, February 15, 2015
U.S. Labor Secretary Sent to West Coast to Push Port Deal
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U.S. Labor Secretary Sent to West Coast to Push Port Deal

President Barack Obama is sending U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez to California to help resolve a labor dispute at West Coast ports that account for almost half

February 15, 2015
Total Views: 37