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Truckers Clean Up Legally

Bill Mongelluzzo | Mar 30, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT

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 | Mar 13, 2009, 10:01 AM EDT

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 | Mar 9, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT

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 | Oct 5, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT

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

JOC Team | May 23, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT

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

JOC Team | Feb 12, 2006, 7:00 PM EST

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 | Aug 9, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT

MIAMI -- A convoy of close to 200 trucks snarled traffic in Miami's commercial and business district
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Daytime fee to move So.Calif. boxes

Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor | Aug 22, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Aug 2, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Jul 12, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Sep 21, 2000, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Apr 29, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Apr 23, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Aug 2, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Jul 19, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Oct 21, 1991, 8:00 PM EDT

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

(Reuter) | Aug 8, 1991, 8:00 PM EDT

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

DAVID WHITE | Mar 12, 1989, 7:00 PM EST

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 | Jul 13, 1988, 8:00 PM EDT

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 | Sep 8, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

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. | Sep 17, 1986, 8:00 PM EDT

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