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Despite lingering trade uncertainty, the Port of Long Beach had the second-busiest first quarter in its history, moving more than 1.8 million TEUs January through March.
That figure trails only the first quarter of 2018, a year when the Port set an annual record for container movement at 8.1 million TEUs. First quarter 2019 cargo movement eased 4.7% compared to last year’s opening quarter.
“With warehouses full from shippers rushing to beat ...
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The Port handled 621,835 TEUs of container cargo during the month, a 1.5% increase compared to November 2017. Last month’s performance pushed 2018’s total TEU count to 7,349,377, making it virtually certain the Port will eclipse its record of 7,544,507 TEUs set last year. For the year to date, volumes ...
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The Port of Long Beach has completed its best-ever first quarter, with marine terminals handling almost 1.9 million TEUs January through March. The quick start is 19.4% more than the first quarter of 2017, the Port’s busiest year ever.
The previous first quarter record was set in 2007.
March throughput reached 575,258 TEUs, an ...
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The Port of Long Beach roared back from unprecedented challenges to notch its busiest year ever in 2017, moving 7.54 million twenty-foot equivalent units, an increase of more than 11 percent, Executive Director Mario Cordero announced at the annual State of the Port address Wednesday.
The event drew an audience of ...
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The Port of Long Beach roared back from unprecedented challenges to notch its busiest year ever in 2017, moving 7.54 million TEUs, an increase of more than 11%, Executive Director Mario Cordero announced at the annual State of the Port address Wednesday.
The event drew an audience of almost 600 people ...
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The Port of Long Beach has released the final study for a proposal to redevelop a rail yard within the Harbor District to move cargo faster and with fewer environmental impacts.
The proposed Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility would shift more cargo to “on-dock rail,” which places containers directly on ...
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As 2017 draws to a close, the Port of Long Beach and Long Beach Container Terminal say goodbye to Pier F as it was.
The last commercial ship to call at Pier F, the OOCL Tokyo, departed on Oct. 24. Operations were then shut down ahead of the fill project that’s ...
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COSCO Shipping Himalayas called at Pacific Container Terminal in November 2017. With just under one month left in 2017, the Port of Long Beach has already exceeded the cargo total for all of last year, and will handle more than 7 million containers for only the fourth time in its ...
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The Port of Long Beach has been awarded $2.4 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), Foss Maritime and Curtin Maritime replace equipment with zero-emission or cleanest-available equipment.
The Diesel Emission Reduction Act money will enable SSA to retrofit three rubber-tired gantry cranes to ...
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A second, new fireboat was officially brought into service on November 13 at the Port of Long Beach, completing a program to provide the most robust waterborne safety of any container seaport in the world.
“Vigilance” was dedicated in a dockside ceremony for the late Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Dr. John ...
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