United States (West)
Saturday OffPeak Shift Dropped at LA
Marine terminal operators at the Port of Los Angeles suspended Saturday OffPeak shifts due to declining cargo volumes. Long Beach operators followed suit...
LA Issues Incentives To Truckers
The Port of Los Angeles began the process of distributing an estimated $44 million in incentive checks to its Clean Truck Program (CTP) concessionaires...
Evergreen Air Chosen for US-China Cargo Route
The US-China aviation agreement of May 2007 permits the US to name a new all-cargo carrier to begin service in the market on March 25, 2009...
Easing Land Border Congestion as NAFTA Trade Grows
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is moving to cut border backups by speeding implementation of projects through a combination of public and private financing schemes...
LA Port Truck Plan Passes Another Hurdle
A federal judge refused to stop the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from implementing the controversial plan requiring drivers to be employees of port concession companies...
Coalition Applauds Crackdown in the San Pedro Bay Ports
The battle at Southern California ports heats up as California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced a set of lawsuits against port trucking companies...
Public-Private Partnerships To Benefit California
“California's budget crisis underscores the state's critical need for a long-term modernization and global competitiveness strategy before it is too late,” says the Southern California Leadership Council...
DP Partners To Develop $37 Million Las Vegas Site
DP Partners recently acquired 19.89 acres of improved land in the North Las Vegas industrial corridor it plans to develop as an industrial park...
Working Together to Speed Border Crossings
At the conclusion of the 26th Annual Border Governors Conference, the 10 US and Mexican border states issued a joint declaration that they would work together to cut down on crossing times at the US-Mexican border and take measures to increase security...
CSCMP Conference Date Approaching
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' Annual Global Conference will take place October 5-8 at the Denver Convention Center in Denver, Colorado...
California Container Fee Hits Snag
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he would not sign the California-senate-passed bill that would place a $60 fee on loaded containers handled by California ports...
Law Suit Attacks LA/Long Beach Port Trucking Plans
The Concession Plan is aimed at limiting access only to trucking companies on the ports’ Drayage Truck Registry. These regulations are part of port management’s “Clean Truck Program” that seeks to significantly reduce air emissions...
Cross-Border Controversy: Cancelled or Continued?
Four days after Congressional moves were made to end the contentious demonstration program, the Department of Transportation announced a two-year extension of it...
PierPass Working on US West Coast
A report on the plan that encourages shifting cargo moves at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to off-peak hours says the program is working. It has been three years since it was launched and PierPass has now accounted for its nine millionth off-peak truck move...
Preliminary Agreement With West Coast Labor
The agreement is subject to ratification by the ILWU and PMA membership. In the interim, the ILWU and PMA have agreed to extend the previous agreement and resume normal port operations...
Fed Transport Plan Calls for Tolls, Private Funding
Calling the federal approach to transportation broken, US Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said it’s time for a new, different and better approach...
Optimism Premature On Port Labor Agreement
Reports indicate tensions are mounting in the negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)...
US West Coast Issues Advance
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) continued their talks beyond the July 1st deadline...
FedEx Opens West Coast Gateways
The new gateways will expand options for FedEx Trade Networks Ocean-Ground Distribution, says the company. ...
LA Agrees to 5-Year Implementation on Driver Ban
The often acrimonious dialog over banning owner-operator drivers from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach took a step forward as the Los Angeles City Council approved the port's truck plan...
California Ports Ban Owner Operators
The program, which would require drayage services to use 100% employee drivers by the end of 2013 is to be phased in from October 2008...
California Senator Still Wants Port Fees
State Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) told the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) he is committed to legislation to assess new container fees on cargo moving through California ports....
Southern California Ports Approve Fees on Containers
The Infrastructure Cargo Fee takes effect January 1, 2009 and is expected to rise from $15 per twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) to $18 per TEU in 2010....
Stars of the Southwest
One third of the top-ranked logistics cities in the Southwest and West are in Texas and another third are in California. That's not surprising when it...
Improving Texas-Mexico Logistics
Signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) were US-based Allen Group which is developing the 6,000 acre Dallas Logistics Hub and the State of Nuevo Leon...
DHL Completes Automation of its U.S. West Coast Distribution Facility
The auto-sort system at DHLs 262,000-square-foot Riverside, Calif. facility allows the carrier better visibility throughout the handling process, permitting...
West Coast Ports Enjoy Record Cargo Growth
No surprise. For both ports the continuing surge in cargo traffic is driven by a continuing North American demand for products manufactured in Asia as...
West Coast Ports Tackle Pollution
A $2 billion San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan has been approved by the governing boards of the U.S.-based ports with the aim of reducing pollution...
Houston Tops List of Logistics Friendly Cities in the Southwest
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Site Selector: U.S. West
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