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POLB and Caltrans Recommend Team For Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project

Gerald Desmond Bridge

With a design and construction proposal of $649.5 million, the joint venture team headed by Shimmick Construction Company Inc., FCC Construction S.A. and Impregilo S.p.A. is the apparent “best value” proposer for the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project design-build contract, Port of Long Beach and Caltrans officials announced Friday, May 4.

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Disney Cruise Line’s inaugural 15-night Los Angeles-to-Hawaii voyage under way

The Disney Wonder — a 964-foot ship that holds 2,700 guest passengers — is skimming Hawaii waters for the first time.

Disney Wonder’s arrival in Hawaii marks the first time that the cruise line has sailed to the Islands. Disney Cruise Line is offering a second cruise — a 14-night Hawaiian voyage — that [...]

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Marubeni Said to Be Close to Buying Grain Trader Gavilon

Marubeni Corp. (8002), Japan’s biggest grain trading company, is in exclusive talks to buy closely held U.S. grain handler Gavilon Group LLC for about $5 billion, including debt, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The negotiations are in the final stages and a deal may be announced in the next several days, [...]

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West Coast Dockworkers Voice Support for East, Gulf Coast ILA

The ILWU in the 1960s accepted containerization because it was able to ensure that all work associated with the new technology would be assigned to the union. Employers today must prove to the ILWU and the ILA that the same guarantees are present. ‘In the latest wave of terminal automation, it remains to be [...]

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How Millennium's plan compares to Port Westward project

Concerns over coal dust have led to recent backlash against the terminals at Port Westward, including demands for further study from Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and a move to by potential neighbor Portland General Electric to block one of the projects.

Kinder Morgan’s terminal is one of two proposed at Port Westward and is very [...]

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Jaxport Gets New Calls by China Shipping, UASC

The Port of Jacksonville will get new calls this month by China Shipping and United Arab Shipping, which participate in a vessel-sharing agreement with CMA CGM in its PEX 3 service.

This development makes Jaxport the last port of call on the PEX 3 rotation’s westbound leg, following U.S. calls at Houston, Mobile and Miami.

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