If you want to know what is going on at West Coast ports or logistics centers, you’ve come to the right place. The Cunningham Report website is home of The Cunningham Report newsletter – an emailed publication that thousands of your colleagues and competitors read weekly. The Cunningham Report is where people in the industry turn to get the straight story. We tell you about proposed legislation and regulations that impact your business, let you know about disputes between labor and management, keep track of the personalities that make the supply chain work, and link you to documents that give you the official in-depth details behind the story. We give the background on environmental issues, talk about new technologies, and publicize all the classes, conferences, luncheons and other events that you’ll want to know about.
We know that things in the transportation industry move at a break-neck speed, and it’s easy to get so focused on running a business and moving cargo, that folks sometimes forget to keep track of what’s going on in the rest of the industry. It’s our job at The Cunningham Report to make sure that doesn’t happen. So we track the industry, separate the relevant from the irrelevant, and keep you informed in a way that’s quick to read, concise, and aimed at a professional audience. Cunningham Report – The Newsletter
Our newsletter subscribers include port authorities, shipping lines, terminal operators, stevedoring companies, public officials, trucking companies, railroads, customs brokers and freight forwarders, environmental groups, construction companies, consultants, environmental remediation companies, maritime and labor attorneys, accounting firms, newspapers and magazines, trade associations, commercial real estate developers, distribution centers, warehouse operators, energy companies, academics, and other vendors and suppliers that depend on international trade and transportation for their earnings.
The cost of a subscription to The Cunningham Report is $300. We also have licensing arrangements and group discounts available.
Who we are
George and Carmela Cunningham
When George and Carmela Cunningham founded The Cunningham report in December 1995, what most folks wanted to know was if the newlywed couple thought there was enough news to fill a weekly newsletter. The Cunninghams never doubted there was enough news. The question they had was would there be enough readers to support such a venture.
The first issue of The Cunningham Report was sent out to prospective subscribers on Jan 6, 1996, and the rest – as they say – is history.
Both the Cunninghams are writers.
George Cunningham worked as a reporter and as an editor at several publications, including the Gainesville Sun, in Gainesville, Fla.; the Daily Breeze in Torrance, Calif.; City News Service in Los Angeles; the Orange County Register in Santa Ana; and the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, where he covered the Los Angeles-Long Beach ports as a business writer.
Before returning to college in his late 20s, he worked as a surveyor, short-order cook, construction worker, and a bridge and roadway inspector. He served in Vietnam as an infantryman, where he was awarded a purple heart for injuries received in combat.
He is a graduate of the University of Florida.
Carmela Cunningham worked for the Orange County Register, the Long Beach Reporter, and as head of internal communications for Rockwell International's B-1 Bomber Division. She is a former correspondent for Pacific Shipper Magazine and has written hundreds of articles about international trade and about computer strategies for people with disabilities.
Her 1997 book, "Information Access and Adaptive Technology" published by Oryx Press, is one of the definitive texts for providinginformation technology to students and staff with disabilities.
She reorganized the Disabilities and Computing Program at University of California, Los Angeles and has worked as the Director of Operations and Communications at UCLA’s Academic Technology Services – an organization that provides computing support for researchers.
She has a history degree from UCLA, where she focused on relations between Constantinople and Venice between 1000 and 1200 A.D.
The Cunninghams live in Long Beach, Calif., with their budgerigar, Harold Tweetie Cunningham.
Natalie Shore
Natalie Shore joined The Cunningham Report in 1999. A career journalist, Natalie worked at the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, where she was a both a city beat reporter and a business reporter covering the Port of Long Beach, redevelopment and real estate. Prior to joining the Press-Telegram, she covered the education and city beats for the Daily Bulletin in Ontario, Calif.
Natalie launched her career in journalism after earning a graduate degree in French at Middlebury College in Vermont, including a year of study in Paris. She completed undergraduate studies in French and Spanish at Occidental College in Los Angeles and journalism studies at Pasadena City College. She has studied and worked abroad as a journalism fellow at newspapers in France, Canada and Mexico.
While at the Press-Telegram, Natalie also served as a union leader where she negotiated contracts and handled labor disputes on behalf of Newspaper Guild co-workers in the editorial, circulation, janitorial and transportation departments. She is also a former pension trustee and part of a team that protected and improved the benefits of the former Guild pension plan after the 1997 sale of the Press-Telegram.
Natalie lives in Long Beach with her husband, Lee Peterson, and their sons, Rudy and Sacha. Lee, also a veteran journalist, joined the Port of Long Beach as a communications specialist in 2007.
Mark Edward Nero
Mark Edward Nero has been a reporter and correspondent for The Cunningham Report since 2006.
Based in Long Beach, Mark got his start as a professional journalist in February 1995 with the Long Beach Press-Telegram. While there, he briefly crossed paths with George Cunningham before George left to start The Cunningham Report.
After leaving the P-T, Mark went on to work as a writer for a series of Southern California daily newspapers, including the San Diego Union-Tribune and San Bernardino County Sun, where he critiqued music and covered municipal government.
He returned to the Press-Telegram from 2002-2003 to cover trade and transportation, a beat that included the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles as well as the surrounding freeways.
In addition to working for The Cunningham Report, Mark writes about the music industry for About.com and reports on energy regulation issues for California Energy Circuit.
An alumnus of Long Beach City College and San Diego State University, Mark was born and raised in Oklahoma City. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years and is a veteran of Operation: Desert Storm.
Carl Ann Wylie
Carl Ann Wylie covers trade and transportation news in the Bay Area. Prior to moving to Oakland in 2004, Carl Ann was a long-time resident of Long Beach, where she headed Carl Ann Wylie Associates, a marketing communications firm representing maritime, transportation, education and healthcare clients. Before founding her own company, she served as advertising director of Secure Horizons, the nation’s largest senior HMO and as an account executive for advertising and design firms in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area.
While living in Long Beach, Carl Ann was active in the community. She served two years as president of the International Business Association, a 500-member division of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce. She also served on the boards of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Long Beach, the Conservation Corps of Long Beach, and the Salvation Army. Since moving to the Bay Area, she has become a Court-Appointed Special Advocate working with abused and neglected children in the foster care system and a member of the Rotary Club of Oakland.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Carl Ann and her husband Don, who is executive vice president of Marine Terminals Corporation, enjoy spending as much time as possible with their four grandchildren. They share their home high in the Oakland hills with their cocker spaniel Steve E. Dore (Stevie).
Frequently Asked Questions about The Cunningham Report
What is the Cunningham Report? The Cunningham Report is a weekly email publication with news for the West Coast trade and transportation community. It is sent out onSunday night so it is waiting for subscribers when they begin their work week on Monday. The cost of a single subscription is $300 a year; group discounts and licensing agreements are available. Take a look a sample of the Cunningham Report.
What do I get by subscribing to the newsletter instead of just looking at your website? When you subscribe to The Cunningham Report newsletter you get the complete story. The website has a summary of what is happening that week, but to get more information in one concise package waiting on your computer when you come in on Monday morning, you will need to subscribe.
How often should I come back to TCR website for more information? Bookmark our site and come back as often as you can. Find out about upcoming meetings and conferences you may want to attend. Find out who is being promoted and who is not. And find out where opportunities may be for you in a changing world. New information is posted weekly and breaking news is posted as it occurs.
What are the Cunningham Quickies? Cunningham Quickies are e-mail bulletins on breaking trade and transportation news that are sent out to Cunningham Report subscribers. They are also posted on the website when they’re sent out.
What is the Best of George? Cunningham Report publisher George Cunningham writes a weekly letter to subscribers commenting on everything from the wrath of El Niño to the wisdom of Adam Smith. It’s fun, it’s frivolous, and it’s a great way to start the week. Sample some of his best.
Does The Cunningham Report take advertising? Not yet, but we’ll be selling ads on our website soon. Stay tuned, we’ll have a lot more to say about that soon.
George and Carmela Cunningham
Natalie Shore 
Mark Edward Nero 
Carl Ann Wylie