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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 [...] Office clerical workers and waterfront employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they would resume contract negotiations Wednesday. The talks between the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 were suspended for two days because Stephen Berry, the attorney representing 14 shipping lines and marine terminals, had to [...] The Port of Hueneme expects a net loss of $1.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, and port officials are tightening operations in anticipation of a $2.3 million loss in 2011. The only deep-water port between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, the Port of Hueneme is a key landing point for [...] Mexican plans of winning diverted cargo from US west coast by developing the US$5 billion Punta Colonet terminal has now been postponed as US port congestion becomes a fond memory in the deepening global downturn. The bidding deadline for 6 million-TEU terminal at Punta Colonet passed last month and the government said it would set a [...] Clerical workers who struck the nation’s busiest port complex for 11 days returned to work Monday after arbitrators’ rulings said their union was negotiating in bad faith with shipping companies. The rulings “made it impossible” for the more than 10,000 longshoremen at the ports to respect the picket lines, ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees said. Managers handled [...] CMA CGM plans to gradually phase out providing chassis to truckers at terminals throughout the United States on a schedule starting on the East Coast in October and ending on the West Coast in March of next year.The carrier said Thursday it expects the new chassis supply management policy will generate greater operational efficiency and [...] The strike by Port of Los Angeles clerical workers has prompted concern among experts that the ripple effects could affect the Inland Empire, where many businesses are dependent on the flow of goods from the L.A. and Long Beach ports. Target Logistics, Kohl’s Logistics, Big 5 Distribution, Home Depot Logistics, Kmart Distribution, among many others, are [...] The Port of Tacoma was added to Inbound Logistics Magazine’s “Green 50 Supply Chain Partners,” an annual list of supply chain partners committed to sustainability. Tacoma is one of five American ports and the only one in the Pacific Northwest to be honored. Other “Green 50” ports include the Port of Long Beach and the Port [...] It’s been almost a decade since the Harbor Area formally began pushing to redevelop its waterfront. And as the delays have mounted, so has the frustration. Feeling the heat, Port of Los Angeles officials now say they will look into stepping up the timeline to seek bids to redo Ports O’ Call in San Pedro. [...] The 8,500-TEU Figaro that arrived in Los Angeles this week on its maiden voyage is not only the largest CMA CGM container ship to call at a U.S. port, it is also one of the most environmentally-friendly vessels afloat. The eco-friendly Figaro reflects a comprehensive approach to sustainability that includes anti-fouling paint, reduced fuel consumption and [...] A full job action could shut down loading and unloading operations at the twin ports, which handled nearly $316 billion worth of cargo last year. But an arbitrator ruled that the clerical unit had bargained in bad faith and ordered longshoremen back to work by 8 a.m., Berry said. ILWU Coast Longshore Division spokesperson Jennifer Sargent [...] The local Office Clerical Unit of the International Longshore Warehouse Union struck four terminals after its labor contracts with 14 shippers and terminal operators expired. Longshoremen, who are members of another ILWU unit, historically have honored picket lines and refused to cross picket lines at two terminals overnight. … But an arbitrator ruled that the clerical [...] Clerical workers at several terminals at the country’s busiest port complex went on strike after their contract expired early Thursday without a new labor agreement, a union spokesman said. “We are now on strike,” said John Fageaux Jr., president of Local 63 of the 900 member Office Clerical Unit of the International Longshore Warehouse Union. “We [...] Port of Los Angeles officials’ concerns about where to put dredged sediment if they approve a new $50 million shipyard may have just become a non-issue, thanks to a request from the Port of Long Beach for dredged material it can use to create land for the Long Beach Middle Harbor Project. The contract covering about 950 office clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach expires at midnight Wednesday, and it does not appear that an agreement will be reached by the deadline. “I’m not optimistic at all about reaching an agreement by June 30,” said John Fageaux, president of the Office Clerical Unit [...] |
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