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Containers still not clearing at Montreal port

Thousands of containers remain piled up at the Port of Montreal nearly a week after the lockout of 800 longshoreman ended. According to reports, truckers picking up containers this week have been forced to wait up to four hours just to enter the port.

Reportedly, many of the 2,500 containers stacked at the port before [...]

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Mendoza steps down from L.A. Board of Harbor Commissioners

Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza attended her last meeting Wednesday as vice-president of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, where she has served for five years.

Lopez Mendoza stepped down from the post to focus on a new full-time job she started last month as a regional manager with the International Council of Local Environmental Issues.

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Judge blocks plan to ship Hawaii garbage to Washington

A federal judge in Spokane on Thursday temporarily blocked a plan to ship Honolulu garbage to a Central Washington landfill through the Port of Longview … and set an Aug. 30 hearing in Yakima to consider a permanent injunction against the shipment plan.

A coalition of the Yakama Indian Nation and several environmental [...]

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