The search for a zero emission container moving system technology has resulted in seven companies pitching their ideas to the Port of Long Beach. Long Beach is leading the search on behalf of its partners - the Port of Los Angeles and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority ... A coalition of 29 shipper and transportation organizations have sent a letter to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, taking them to task for their support of changing the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (F4A) to give ports more control over port trucking companies.
The Port of Richmond has broken ground on a $40 million rail infrastructure project that will allow the port to handle more than 145,000 imported Hondas a year ... Now that the Port of Los Angeles waterfront EIR has been approved, the port is circulating draft guidelines on how the port plans to carry out the $1.3 billion redevelopment of the San Pedro and Wilmington waterfronts ... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has significantly downgraded the risk of flooding along the Green River in King County.
The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles will help fund further testing of a diesel emissions filter on cargo-handling equipment at the two ports ... Customs agents at the Port of Los Angeles last month recovered a stolen VW Bus in a container due to be shipped to the Netherlands ... Eastview Little League has informed the Port of Los Angeles that it isn't likely to find a permanent home for its baseball fields by the time its temporary permit on Knoll Hill expires in January 2011 ... The National Port Drivers Association is circulating Spanish-language flyers, urging port drivers to join a Friday, the 13th convoy to protest conditions in the harbor.
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster has a well-deserved reputation for procrastination when it comes to appointing new city commissioners, but it looks like he may be going for the record - it's been 132 days since former commissioner James Hankla retired.
- The Cunningham Report
