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Industry: New China box system could triple volumes at Long Beach

SSA Marine wants to install an electric grid system at Long Beach within the next two years that would offload containers and shuttle them by electric trolleys to a storage yard, where they are put onto rail wagons and then onto on-dock rail. … But, an even bigger problem lies in getting the International Longshore [...]

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Pier 70 financing bill dies in Sacramento

A bill that would have allowed the Port of San Francisco to raise funds for environmental cleanup efforts and other projects at [Pier 70's] 65-acre site through the creation of an infrastructure financing district passed both houses of the state legislature unanimously but it was among the slew of bills recently vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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