Category: cargo

Port of Los Angeles Reports Busiest June on Record

LOS ANGELES—The Port of Los Angeles announced July 14 that last month was its busiest June on record and the port moved 27 percent more cargo than the previous June. The port processed 876,430 20-foot equivalent units last month, closing the 2021-22 fiscal year with 10,879,383 TEUs, the most in a year for any Western…


LAX Cargo Handlers to Plead Guilty to Theft of Gold Bars

LOS ANGELES—Two men who worked at Los Angeles International Airport for a cargo-handling company are expected to plead guilty July 9 to a federal charge for stealing gold bars that were part of an international shipment. Marlon Moody, 38, and Brian Benson, 35, both of South Los Angeles, have each agreed to enter their pleas…


Crews Make Progress on Months-Long Cargo Ship Backlog at LA Ports

The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are seeing progress in reducing one of the worst backlogs of container ships in history waiting in the San Pedro Bay. As of June 1, there were 11 container ships at anchor in the bay waiting to reach port terminals, which is 10 ships less from the last report May 28. It signals a major decrease and the lowest amount of…


Chemical Cargo Ship Sinks Off Sri Lanka, Fouling Rich Fishing Waters

COLOMBO—A cargo ship carrying tonnes of chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s west coast, its navy said on Wednesday, and tonnes of plastic pellets have fouled the country’s rich fishing waters in one of its worst-ever marine disasters. The government on Wednesday suspended fishing along an 80-km (50-mile) stretch of the island’s coastline, affecting 5,600 fishing…


March Marked Port of Long Beach’s Busiest Month in History

LONG BEACH—March was the Port of Long Beach’s busiest month in its 110-year history and only the third month that the port handled more than 800,000 20-foot equivalent units in a single month, officials announced April 8.   March is traditionally a slow month for the port, officials said, but this past March, the dockworkers…


San Pedro Port Largely Excluded From Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal

Commentary One out of 50 Americans derive their employment from the economic powerhouse at the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Even so, less than one percent of the infrastructure spending proposed last week by President Joe Biden would be spent on all “inland waterways, coastal ports, land ports of entry, and ferries,”…


Russian Cargo Ship Launched to International Space Station

MOSCOW—An unmanned Russian cargo ship launched successfully Monday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station. The Progress MS-16 cargo ship blasted off as scheduled at 9:45 a.m. local time from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan and reached a designated orbit en route to the station. It is carrying water, propellant,…


China’s Communist Party Blames Imported Food for Recent COVID-19 Surges

The news of “positive nucleic acid tests on imported food packaging” have appeared on mainland Chinese media frequently this month. State-approved “experts” quoted by the media have given different opinions on the risk of contracting the virus from imported, causing confusion and panic among the people and huge losses for import businesses. Faced with an…