All Entries Tagged With: "Port"
Half of L.A. – Long Beach Port Truckers Make 4 Transactions Daily
LONG BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The latest transaction data from marine terminal operators (MTOs) at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach shows that nearly half of trucks conducted at least four transactions (pickups or deliveries of containers) per day in late July, while almost two-thirds of trucks made three or more transactions per [...]
$2 Million of Cocaine Stashed in Shipping Container
Wilmington, Del., – / N2N / – Customs and Border Protection officers seized about 63 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of up to $2 million, which they discovered concealed in the ventilation system of a refrigerated shipping container at the Port of Wilmington, Del., on June 6. CBP tactical operations officers from [...]
Crowley Cargo Lightering Operation Successful in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- / N2N / – Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), successfully discharged 12 20-foot containers of relief supplies across a beach in Port-au-Prince, Haiti today in an experimental lightering operation. The success of this operation, which involved lifting the containers from a Crowley container ship anchored in [...]
$15.6 Million Grant to Restore St. Louis Port
ST. LOUIS – / N2N / – U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced today a $15.6 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to reconstruct the St. Louis Municipal Terminal’s South Dock, which was damaged by extensive flooding in 2008. Three local St. Louis businesses served by the port met with Locke and Mayor Francis Slay [...]
Is L.A. Clean Truck Program Worth Fighting For?
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – / N2N / – Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Port of Los Angeles, made the following statement regarding the L.A. Clean Truck Program: Just over a year ago, the Port of Los Angeles started the Clean Truck Program (CTP), a groundbreaking initiative designed to take the truck pollution issue head-on, [...]
Secretary Napolitano Announces Agreement with South Carolina to Fund State and Local Port Security Personnel
Charleston, S.C. – / – N2N – / Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham today announced an agreement between DHS and the state of South Carolina to use $800,000 in fiscal year 2009 homeland security grant funds to support state and local law enforcement personnel stationed at SeaHawk, [...]
