by Alex Pappas | Mar 20, 2015 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
LA/Long Beach Ports See Double Digit Drop – The Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach experienced a 10.2% drop in cargo volume in February compared to the same month last year. Long Beach saw an even steeper drop of 20.1% during the same time period. This is the second...
by Alex Pappas | Feb 6, 2015 | China, Ports, Week in Global Logistics
West Coast Talks Breaking Down PMA Publicizes Offer – Rumors began surfacing this week of a pending port shutdown. On Wednesday, Pacifica Maritime Association (PMA) CEO James McKenna held a press conference to outline their offer to the ILWU. The purposed 5 year...
by Alex Pappas | Jan 30, 2015 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
State of the Port Long Beach – The Port of Long Beach hosted its annual State of the Port event on Thursday. Chief Executive of the Port, Jon Slangerup, focused on current and future development plans including the Middle Harbor Terminal project as well as a new...
by Alex Pappas | Jan 10, 2015 | Ports, Week in Global Logistics
ILWU, PMA Both Call for Federal Mediator – This week, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) also agreed to the Pacific Maritime Association’s (PMA) call to get federal mediators involved in their contract negotiations. After months without much progress,...
by Alex Pappas | Dec 20, 2014 | Week in Global Logistics
West Coast Labor Negotiations “Far Apart” – This week the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) released a statement dismissing rumors that negotiations with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union were in their final stages. Instead, the PMA said that they...