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Fitch Lowers Alameda Corridor Rating

Bill Mongelluzzo |

Fitch Ratings placed the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority bonds on "rating watch negative" due to declining container volumes at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.<br />

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Seattle, Tacoma Box Volumes Drop

Marcy Behrmann Frank |

Two Pacific Northwest ports saw container volume fall in March but Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state also signs that the drop in box business had reached bottom. <br /> <br />

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LA-LB Programs Drive Shippers to Other Ports

Bill Mongelluzzo |

Complying with the PortCheck and PierPass programs in Los Angeles-Long Beach is a cumbersome task that is motivating shippers and freight intermediaries to look to other gateways for their discretiona

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Box Imports Fall Below 1 Million

Thomas L. Gallagher |

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports hit its lowest level in seven years in February as the number of containers dropped below 1 million for the first time in half a

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Seattle OKs Plan to Boost Volumes, Cut Pollution

Peter T. Leach |

The Port of Seattle Commission unanimously approved a package of incentives for terminal operators that will provide $7 million in rent breaks and defer some payments in return for steps they take to

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Slide Show: Ports And the Economic Storm

The docks that make up port cargo terminals, where millions of steel containers full of freight are transferred from ships to the shore or the other way around, are normally a death-defying place to b

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Long Beach Middle Harbor Passes Green Test

Peter T. Leach |

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved an exhaustive environmental study, paving the way for the port’s first major capital improvement project in more than

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Hard times for ILA

With its contract negotiations on hold and a civil racketeering lawsuit moving slowly, the International Longshoremen’s Association is wrestling with another problem -- a financial crisis that has roi

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Truckers Clean Up Legally

Bill Mongelluzzo |

A controversial provision of the Port of Los Angeles clean-trucks provision hit a legal roadblock, but that actually may speed up the introduction of low-emission trucks at the LA-Long Beach harbor.<b

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LA-LB Trim PierPass Hours

Bill Mongelluzzo |

Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will eliminate one shift per week under the popular PierPass extended gates program, starting the week of April 6.<br /> <br />

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One and Done?

Bill Mongelluzzo |

The unpopular clean-trucks fees that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach began collecting in mid-February could end within a year if motor carriers continue to finance the purchase of environmenta

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Planning for a Pandemic

Alan M. Field |

When Hurricane Katrina forced the closing of New Orleans International Airport in 2005, FedEx quickly set up ramp facilities in nearby Lafayette and Biloxi and used them to truck shipments into parts

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Tianjin port IPO raises HK$1.08B

Shares in Chinese port operator Tianjin Port Development rose 26 percent during the company's initia

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Port of Tianjin plans $875 million upgrade

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE<br><br>Tianjin, one of Northern China's a major ports, plans to inves

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Truckers protest in Miami

By Rick Eyerdam |

MIAMI -- A convoy of close to 200 trucks snarled traffic in Miami's commercial and business district

Daytime fee to move So.Calif. boxes

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |

LOS ANGELES -- Importers and exporters who ship their cargo through Los Angeles-Long Beach during th

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Imports power Virginia port traffic

The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE |

The Virginia Port Authority said container cargo moving through the Port of Virginia during the fisc

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Miami puts hold orders on more cargo

By Rick Eyerdam |

MIAMI - A hold was put on more import cargo as the Port of Miami continues to clear thousands of con

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PSA INSTALLS HIGH-TECH SYSTEM AT CHINA'S PORT OF DALIAN

P.T. BANGSBERG |

One of northern China's largest ports is implementing new technology to improve efficiency, aid in t

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JUST-IN-TIME MAKES BIG 3 VULNERABLE TO STRIKES

GREGORY S. JOHNSON |

With strikes against the world's largest automakers again proving disruptive to their global supply

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SINGAPORE-US VENTURE TO GIVE CHINA'S PORT OF DALIAN A BOOST

P.T. BANGSBERG |

The northern Chinese Port of Dalian, already undergoing rapid expansion to cope with growing busines

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Singapore to convert cargo berths in bid to boost container capacity

P.T. Bangsberg |

The Port of Singapore Authority said it aims to boost container capacity to the equivalent of 16 mil

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INDIA'S PORT OF COCHIN LAUNCHES TEST RUNS AT NEW BOX FACILITY

Special to The Journal of Commerce |

With construction complete and most equipment in place, trial runs have begun at the new container t

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CHINA'S PORT OF TIANJIN ADDS WHARF AND FREE-TRADE ZONE

P.T. BANGSBERG |

China's principal northern port of Tianjin has opened another joint-venture wharf and its first free

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CHINA WILL ALLOW MONGOLIA TO USE TIANJIN PORT FOR TRADE

China has agreed to allow Mongolia, its long-estranged neighbor, to use the Port of Tianjin as a tra

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BOSTON PORT UPGRADING ROAD LINKS

Ports these days know there's more to capturing steamship lines than marine facilities alone.<br><br

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CHINA PLANS TO UPGRADE THE PORT OF TIANJIN

NOEL FLETCHER |

Officials in northeastern Tianjin are planning to import lighting and other equipment to develop the

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50-MILE RULE BACK IN ILA'S SPOTLIGHT

JOSEPH BONNEY |

International Longshoremen's Association leaders from Maine to Texas gather today in Tampa, Fla., for meetings that the union's new president, John Bowers, calls the most important ones in ILA history."

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ROLL-ON SERVICE BEGINS AT PORT OF BOSTON

TOM McNIFF Jr. |

The arrival here this week of the Nedlloyd Lines vessel Rouen inaugurated the first-ever roll-on rol

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