SAN PEDRO, Calif.—The Port of Los Angeles received a $20 million federal grant Sept. 7 to help construct a four-lane bridge and alleviate a significant trucking bottleneck to and from an 80-acre marine support facility. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Mayor Eric Garcetti and other local officials aboard the USS Iowa on Wednesday at the…

Truckers at the Port of Los Angeles are facing some uncertainties due to some new California policies, including a set of clean air regulations and AB 5, the “gig worker law.” Nearly one-quarter of trucks serving Los Angeles-area ports will soon be prohibited from entering the gates after a set of clean air regulations takes…

The Port of Los Angeles continues to break cargo records each month but the number of ships waiting to deliver goods has dropped dramatically as shippers continue to divert to other ports around the country. Only 15 cargo ships were waiting for service at the port Aug. 17, down from a record of 109 reached…

LOS ANGELES—The Port of Los Angeles and Inglewood will receive grants from a U.S. Department of Transportation Program to rebuild infrastructure, and Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein said Aug. 10 that it will improve safety and benefit the California economy. The grants—totaling more than $119 million—are part of a program funding eight local governments,…

LOS ANGELES—Railroads and importers must remove cargo that is stacking up at the nation’s busiest seaport in Los Angeles to avoid exacerbating supply chain congestion, the port chief said on Wednesday. “We must take action on this issue immediately to avoid a nationwide logjam,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said on a…

SAN PEDRO, Calif.—After a two-year hiatus, the Port of Los Angeles will again offer free public boat tours of the Los Angeles Harbor on July 30. No reservations are required and tours will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours will depart every half-hour between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. from the Los Angeles…

LOS ANGELES—Honking truckers tied up traffic early on July 13 protesting California’s “gig worker” law, which reclassifies many independent contractors as employees. The protests hit a number of roads near the ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach and blocked several freeways. The truckers held up signs with such slogans as “AB5 Kills Dreams,” referring…

LOS ANGELES—The World Bank ranked the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports last in efficiency among container ports worldwide in a report issued last month. The “Container Port Performance Index 2021” (pdf) measured the total time a ship spent at port and waiting offshore to dock at 370 locations worldwide in 2021. Los Angeles’s port…

LOS ANGELES—President Joe Biden declared his top economic priority was “fighting inflation” June 10 and blamed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for causing the higher prices as he stood in front of semi-trucks clearing cargo containers at the Port of Los Angeles. “I understand Americans are anxious and they’re anxious for good reason,” Biden…

LOS ANGELES—Shipping giant Maersk told customers last week the likelihood that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will implement container fees has risen over the past month because of ongoing congestion issues. “Given that congestion continues to impact vessel and landside supply chain operations, the likelihood of the [Biden Administration] implementing the fee…