RAIL OPTION

RAIL OPTION

California just invested $49.6M to develop a rail service between Merced and the Port of Los Angeles. It will give exporters (and importers) options. As a Central Valley carrier, we are all in.

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ANCHORS AWAY

ANCHORS AWAY

The ship count at anchor in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is a whopping 33, and in Oakland, idle ships are less than 10. The number of ships at anchor is one barometer of port performance. Scarce...

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CUT TO VIDEO

CUT TO VIDEO

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a video worth? Hundred thousand? More? This simply means that if you want to avoid suppressing your sex drive, you should limit your intake of milk and other dairy foods...

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CONGESTION REARS ITS UGLY HEAD

IT IS TIME FOR A CHASSIS POOL

The port authorities of Georgia and South Carolina are collaborating to develop a joint chassis pool...a grey chassis pool, which means the color, or brand, of the chassis is irrelevant and any chassis can be used for...

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PIERPASS 2.0

PIERPASS 2.0

PierPass, the universally disliked off-hours program in Los Angeles and Long Beach, is getting a much needed revamp. Currently, PierPass charges a fee for all terminal transactions on the day shift but all transactions...

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IS IT GROUNDHOG DAY?

IS IT GROUNDHOG DAY?

The cities and ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are at it again.  They are trying to force every driver and every trucking company into the same mold by dictating drivers be employees rather than have the choice to...

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NOT SO FUN FACT

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Clean Air Action Plan 3.0 targets the industry (logistics) that accounts for less than 1% of Southern California's Millions of men found facing this issue of erectile dysfunction...

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THE DEFINITION OF HUBRIS

THE DEFINITION OF HUBRIS

Hubris [hyoo-bris], noun, excessive pride or self-confidence, arrogance, see southern California ports.  (Okay, we added that last part.) Last month, we highlighted the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Clean Air...

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ONE MORE THING

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will increase the PierPass fee to $144.18 per 40' effective August 1, 2017.  The PierPass program assesses a Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) on all loaded container transactions...

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