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A federal judge has upheld all elements of the Port of Los Angeles’ clean air program, including a controversial provision that bans independent truck drivers and requires them to be employees of companies that have obtained concessions. Los Angeles district court Judge Christina Snyder stated in Thursday’s ruling that the port’s concession agreements with trucking [...]  Profits at long-haul container shipping companies will peak this quarter and decline by an average 40 percent in 2011, according to Citigroup Inc.’s Rigan Wong and Ally Ma in a report today. The brokerage initiated Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., Evergreen Marine Corp., Wan Hai Lines Ltd. and Orient Overseas International Ltd. at “sell,” according [...] A top longshoremen’s union official is threatening job actions and boycotts against Del Monte produce in East Coast ports after Del Monte moved 200 banana-ship unloading and warehouse jobs from its Camden terminal to the Holt family’s lower-paying port operation in neighboring Gloucester City. Stevedores, warehousemen and other workers at South Jersey Port Corp.-owned Pier 5 in [...] |
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