Extending the ILWU contract into 2022 would guarantee BCOs labor peace on the West Coast for the next five years.

Negotiators for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association on Tuesday opened two days of talks on a possible extension of their coastwide contract.

SeaLand announced Monday it has added the Port of Hueneme, California, to its weekly west coast Central America service.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union will call delegates to San Francisco to consider a vote on early contract talks.

A California Senate committee Wednesday approved legislation that will provide a partial tax exemption for terminal operators that purchase zero- or near-zero-emission cargo-handling equipment, expediting the progress California’s ports are making toward becoming the greenest in the world without significantly increasing the cost of shipping through the ports.

The Port of Hueneme has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in U.S. federal dollars to its infrastructure in the hopes of boosting imports and exports — specifically to and from Central and Latin America — through the Southern California port.

Officials at the Port of Hueneme hope that a new funding bill will help them become more competitive in years to come.