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Editor's Note by Gary Burrows for FBJNA's July-August issue, available soon
There was a time when the logistics decision was relatively straightforward.
The cargo was ready. Capacity was available. The rate was acceptable. The shipment moved.
Those decisions were never simple, but they were largely transportation decisions.
Increasingly, they are not.
Today, the questions come before the shipment:
• What tariff will apply when the cargo arrives?
• Will the Strait of Hormuz still be operating normally?
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The Port of Long Beach handled 842,030 TEUs in May, an increase of 31.7 percent compared with the same month last year, making it the port’s third-busiest May on record.
Imports rose 40 percent to 418,851 TEUs, while exports increased 32.9 percent to 109,168 TEUs. Empty container volumes climbed 21.8 percent ...
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The Port of Long Beach is offering a US$1 million incentive to the first oceangoing vessel to commercially bunker methanol at the Southern California gateway, marking one of the most aggressive efforts yet by a North American port to accelerate adoption of lower-carbon marine fuels.
Approved by the Long Beach Harbor ...
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The Port of Long Beach and private-sector partners are moving forward with a zero-emissions truck corridor linking the San Pedro Bay port complex with California’s Central Valley, targeting emissions reductions along one of the nation’s busiest inland freight routes.
The memorandum of understanding, signed May 12, brings together the Port of ...
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Though the Port of Long Beach saw a 5 percent decline in in containerized cargo in March, the San Pedro port still led North American ports for the month and through the first quarter of 2026, CEO Noel Hacegaba said during the port’s monthly Supply Chain Insight briefing.
Dockworkers and terminal ...
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The Port of Long Beach is expected to break ground in May on expanding capacity for project and breakbulk cargo with a US$5.5 million upgrade to its primary heavy-haul corridor, aimed at easing the movement of oversized and overweight freight through the San Pedro Bay complex.
Expected to be completed in ...
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Port of Long Beach reported stable cargo volumes in February as trade flows continued to move without disruption despite tariff uncertainty and conflict in the Middle East.
The port handled 767,525 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last month, up 0.3 percent from February 2025. Imports edged down 0.2 percent to 368,060 TEUs, ...
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The Port of Long Beach is restructuring its leadership team as part of a broader strategy to improve decision-making, operational performance and long-term resilience, the port said.
The changes include the creation of a new Organizational Effectiveness bureau, consolidating human resources and procurement functions under a single unit aimed at strengthening ...
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The twin ports of Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach have issued a final assessment examining the feasibility of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell cargo-handling equipment as the gateways move toward their zero-emissions goals.
The report, released March 10 under the ports’ Clean Air Action Plan, evaluates the current ...
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The Port of Long Beach began 2026 as the nation’s busiest seaport, recording its second-busiest January on record amid ongoing trade and tariff uncertainty, port officials said Wednesday.
Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 847,765 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in January, down 11 percent from January 2025, which remains the port’s strongest ...
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