port News Updates

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Long Beach Reports Highest Container Traffic Since 2007

September container traffic rose 7.3% at the Port of Long Beach, California, from the same month last year, marking the busiest September since 2007, the ports peak year.

October 22, 2014
Business

Container Traffic at Port of L.A. Rises to 8-Year High

Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles increased in September to the highest level in eight years.

October 20, 2014
Business

Retailers Seek Port Labor Accord to Avoid Holiday Delays

The National Retail Federation urged workers and management of West Coast ports to reach a new labor agreement and avoid delaying holiday shipments.

October 10, 2014
Business

US Port Labor Talks Turn on Automation Cutting Workers

West Coast shippers and dockworkers are struggling to reach a labor agreement as terminal operators replace as many as half of laborers at some ports with robots in the largest technological change in half a century.

September 19, 2014
Business

Container Traffic Rises at Port of L.A., Drops at Long Beach

Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles increased in August, but it dropped at the Port of Long Beach from a year ago.

September 16, 2014
Business

Transport Canada Sells Three Ports in Newfoundland

Canadas transportation department, Transport Canada, said it has sold three ports in Newfoundland to local business groups.

September 12, 2014
Business

L.A., Long Beach Ports Divert 30 Million Trucks From Daytime Traffic

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, have diverted 30 million truck trips from daytime traffic in the city with the use of an off-peak-hour program.

September 3, 2014
Business

Canadian Ports Win as Ships Avoid US on Labor Concern

Prince Rupert, a remote port luring tourists with the slogan Where Canadas Wilderness Begins, may want to consider a new motto: Asias Gateway to Chicago.

August 27, 2014
Business

Container Traffic at SoCal Ports Rises in July

Container traffic at the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach rose in July from a year ago.

August 15, 2014
Business

$2 Billion a Day at Stake if Longshoremen Join Truckers on West Coast Port Picket Lines

For executives at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the 120 disgruntled truck drivers who picketed for five days last month proved to be little more than a nuisance. Now the busiest U.S. ports face a potentially wider problem: 7,000 longshore workers joining them.

August 4, 2014