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The two-day work stoppage at all six container terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey spared the Port of Baltimore despite calls by the Philadelphia chapter of the International Longshoreman

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released an updated Clean Air Action Plan that sets even stricter goals for reducing toxic air contaminants than were contained in the original CAAP of 2006.

Containerized imports in the Pacific Northwest were up sharply in August versus the same month last year, and only moderately lower when compared to the previous month this year.

Venture capitalists have money available for technology that will enable the maritime industry to grow in an environmentally-responsible manner, but like any investors they base their decisions on the

Combined imports into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach grew 23.9 percent in August over the same month a year ago, and the ports defied analyst forecasts of a slowdown by reporting their strong

The congestion at marine terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach that has plagued harbor truckers for much of the year is beginning to dissipate, thanks to a working group formed by truckers, the ports an

A trucking official says a judge’s ruling against owner-operator drivers at the Port of Los Angeles was just one skirmish in “a war” the industry is fighting with officials at the po

Harbor truckers on the West Coast like to call at Matson Navigation terminals. The gates and container yards are always fully staffed, and gate operations are efficient.

Container volumes at California’s ports increased in July over the same month last year, with imports leading the way.

Hamburg’s container traffic edged up 4.3 percent in the first half of 2010 from a year ago, as Europe’s No.

A meeting between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach was canceled last week.

Container volume at West Coast ports increased 15 percent in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, according to the Pacific Maritime Ass

A harbor working group that includes 30 terminal operators, trucking executives and labor representatives is moving quickly to address marine terminal congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach.

Southern California’s ports recognized a trucking company, a scrap recycler, a marine terminal operator, a tugboat company and a port pilot service this week for taking extraordinary steps to re

The prospects of renewed southbound services, direct links with Asia and new intermodal connections excite the U.S. Gulf’s major container ports.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Thursday introduced a bill that would enhance the ability of ports to enact clean-air programs, while opening the door to unionization of harbor truck drivers.

Startup ocean carrier Hainan P O Shipping is asking the Federal Maritime Commission to grant the same exemption to the Controlled Carrier Act that the FMC gave to three other Chinese carriers in 2004.

Negotiators for the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 and employers at the Los Angeles-Long Beach remained in talks on local issues Monday while cargo handli

Frustrated by a lack of progress in contract negotiations with office clerical workers, the head of the group representing waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach urged the union to bring subst

Contract negotiations between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach moved into a slower phase this week, as workers left picket lines and returned to their jobs am

Office clerical workers and waterfront employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said they would resume contract negotiations Wednesday.

The northern Chinese Port of Dalian, which handles about 4.5 million 20-foot equivalent units a year, could be closed for about a week following the explosion Monday of a pipeline that resulted in a m

Contract negotiations between office clerical workers and waterfront employers in Los Angeles-Long Beach will resume on Wednesday, with representatives on both sides reporting that some progress was m

Waterfront employers are always relieved when the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union agrees to a new contract and guarantees West Coast ports six years of labor peace.

Office workers and waterfront employers on Thursday resumed negotiations for a new contract at terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach, slogging through the tedious process of closing out relatively minor

Just when importers and exporters were beginning to feel it was safe to ship through Los Angeles-Long Beach, office clerical workers at the nation’s largest container complex went on strik

Tensions increased in the strike by office clerical workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports on Friday as the union picketed a third employer and withdrew its previous wage and benefits proposa

Cargo-handling operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were normal on Thursday as the waterfront arbitrator began taking testimony in a formal hearing on the validity of a strike by offi

Negotiations between striking office workers and terminal operators at the Los Angeles-Long Beach ports deteriorated at the end of the first week of the walkout, with the union refusing to budge on it

Negotiations through the Fourth of July weekend failed to win an agreement between striking office clerical workers and the employer’s association representing 14 marine terminals and shipping l

Negotiators for striking office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach and their employers bargained all day Saturday but made little progress toward a new contract.

The Port of Seattle’s program to get rid of older trucks reached its 200th scrapped vehicle this month, the port said.

Negotiators for striking office clerical workers at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports and the attorney representing their employers set negotiations for Friday night in hopes of ending the walkout.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were open for business Thursday as dock workers complied with an arbitrator's ruling that they must cross picket lines erected by

Office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach walked off their jobs and set up picket lines at the ports when contract negotiations broke down at midnight Wednesday.

With their contract set to expire at midnight Wednesday, office clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach authorized the leadership of the union to call for a strike at their discret

M.D. "Mike" Stolzman has been promoted to president of Pacific Harbor Line, the railroad that performs switching services at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Container volume at the ports owned by the Georgia Ports Authority jumped by 25.3 percent in May, making it six months in a row of double-digit increases.

The start of the peak-shipping season is still more than a month away, but marine terminal congestion in Los Angeles-Long Beach is mounting so rapidly that harbor truckers are in a state of panic.

The Los Angeles-Long Beach port area ranks first in a new index that rates the desirability of U.S. seaports for industrial development and investment.