The San Pedro port complex is facing calls to lower its carbon footprint from Southern California communities plagued by the health and environmental impacts, said Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia.
Hong Kong will stick with its push to reopen to the world unless a dangerous new virus variant emerges, while stressing the financial hub has an obligation to protect mainland China from major COVID-19 outbreaks.
The Jacksonville port, the state’s largest commercial cargo port, joined Port Tampa Bay in moving to halt all operations and restricting inbound trucks to only essential business.
The country’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has launched a review of a lease to operate the Darwin Port that was granted in 2015 to a unit of China’s Landbridge Group.
The negotiations between dockworkers and employers are at a virtual standstill, with the sides locked down by local concerns and unable to move to contentious wage and automation issues.
After record-breaking cargo volume in 2021 and the first half of 2022, the port of Los Angeles reported that the import surge at the port slowed in August, due to early arrival of holiday goods, and economic concerns.
Dock workers at Felixstowe, Britain’s largest container port, rejected a pay deal imposed by management, paving the way for a new round of industrial action and disruption to vital trade flows.
The port said the infrastructure investment, along with funds from the Jobs Act, will support rail-roadway separation to improve truck access and speed cargo flow through the area.
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