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Storm-hit Maersk Essen reroutes to Mexico
The ship became the latest boxship to suffer a container spill on the Pacific, losing up to 750 boxes on January 16 in a storm. The Maersk accident was the fourth box spill in the Pacific in the space of just 47 days with nearly 3,000 containers lost in the…
Jan 22, 2021

Port of LA will pay container terminals for efficiency gains
The port said the incentive program is designed to help move trucks faster and more efficiently through the container terminals. Terminal operators can earn what the port called “financial rewards” by shortening the time it takes to process trucks dropping off and/or picking up cargo. Rewards also would be given…
Jan 22, 2021

What does shipper of choice mean in 2021?
How does a shipper ensure a carrier is available when needed? Over the last couple of years, a term has arisen to paint a picture of a company that checks the boxes of an organization that a carrier wants to work with: shipper of choice.
Jan 22, 2021

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach urge California to fast track vaccines for dockworkers
Officials at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to give priority to vaccinating longshore workers against the COVID virus so as to relieve congestion and delays at the two ports caused in part by a shortage of longshore workers who have been…
Jan 22, 2021