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The new weekly Matson service to Long Beach will begin in mid-August and be in full deployment by early October. Matson Navigation Company announced Thursday that it is expanding its service between China and the Port of Long Beach by adding a second string of vessels. The new vessels will provide service from the ports of [...] Puget Sound longshore workers are experiencing a strong rebound. This photo was submitted by Seattle longshore worker Curt Treadwell. Submit your waterfront photos to longshorenews (at) gmail.com. Containerized imports at the Port of Seattle exploded last month, increasing 93.3 percent compared to June of 2009. The 88,763 TEUs recorded in June were the highest [...] This Port of Grays Harbor photo shows longshore workers driving imported autos off a ship. The port has also gained export business, including exporting Jeeps to China that formerly passed through East Coast ports. The Port of Grays Harbor, WA, says its first-half export activity has more than doubled over the same period last year. [...] El IDC (Consejo Internacional de Trabajadores) es una asociación formada por organizaciones de trabajadores portuarios de todo el mundo. [This Spanish article is based on a news release that can also be read in English.] La ILWU, sindicato afiliado a IDC y que representa a 25.000 trabajadores portuarios en la Costa Oeste de Estados [...] Joel Valenzuela has been named director of maritime operations at the Port of San Diego. Valenzuela was previously the department manager of maritime industry and trade relations at the Port. He assumed his new role July 19. Valenzuela will direct the operations, maintenance and development of the Port’s maritime facilities and infrastructure, including the Port’s cargo [...] This opinion piece is by Tom Chamberlain, president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, regarding the development of West Hayden Island, directly across from Portland’s container terminal 6. Tom Chamberlain, Oregon AFL-CIO president, says Portand must respect West Hayden Island's designation as industrial land and support port use as well as preservation. Sustainability is two-pronged: it must address [...] Los trabajadores portuarios de SINTRAJAP “Los estadounidenses quieren creer que Costa Rica es un paraíso,” dijo Robert McEllrath, Presidente Internacional de ILWU. “Pero Costa Rica se está transformando en un país en el que la policía rompe ventanas y puertas en los locales donde los trabajadores realizan asambleas pacíficas, en el que el gobierno hace [...] High fuel costs, slow steaming and other global factors have made going the extra distance through the Panama Canal less enticing. West Coast ports have fast rail connections to the east – considerably faster than going south to Panama, transiting the canal, and then steaming back north to the East Coast. Although ships ton-for-ton and [...] After a five-year lull, construction restarted this week on the final phase of the Main Channel deepening project at the Port of Los Angeles, which will eventually allow larger cargo vessels to access harbor terminals, officials announced Friday. “The Main Channel deepening project is a lifeline to maintaining our competitive edge during the critical years ahead [...] CMA CGM SA, the French shipper reorganizing 5.4 billion euros ($7 billion) of debt, is seeking to put together a new investor group by a July 26 court deadline, said people with direct knowledge of the matter. CMA CGM, which began talks with creditors in September, needs the reorganization to avoid insolvency after breaching covenants on [...] Port of Long Beach The long-planned $1 billion Middle Harbor Project redevelopment project will create a facility capable of handling twice as much cargo (up to 3.3 million TEUs a year) while cutting air pollution in half from current levels. This will be possible because ships will use shore power, and the facility will feature [...] Chassis will no longer be provided by several major carriers due to new rules on safety. The ‘Roadability Law’ as it is often referred to, has cause several leading shipping companies to withdraw the provision of the trailer chassis’ required in intermodal movements. Previously hauliers could collect both their designated container plus the trailer on [...] Reclaman supuestas violaciones a TLC Un reclamo por “graves violaciones” a leyes laborales presentó un sindicato de estibadores de EE. UU. contra el Estado de Costa Rica, en el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con aquel país. La gestión se hizo el 20 de julio en representación de Sintrajap (Sindicato de Trabajadores de Japdeva), la [...] The International Longshore and Warehouse Union filed a formal complaint against the government of Costa Rica under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, charging that Costa Rica is not enforcing its own labor laws. The ILWU charges that the Costa Rican government has removed democratically-elected union leaders and replaced them with a government-backed, employer-run board of [...] The new Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTIA) facility was officially opened at a ceremony in the Spanish port on Monday. Owned and built by the South Korean shipowner Hanjin Shipping and located in the Strait of Gibraltar, TTIA is the first semi-automatic container terminal both in the Mediterranean and Southern Europe. Several speakers mentioned the importance of [...] |
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