The Port of Long Beach continued its unprecedented streak of single-month records in May by moving more than 900,000 cargo containers for the first time in its 110-year history. Dockworkers and terminal operators processed 907,216 twenty-foot equivalent units in May and broke the previous “best month” record set in March 2021 by 66,829 TEUs. Trade .
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Visiting sailors receive COVID-19 vaccination at U.S. ports June 1, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić
International ship crews arriving at the Port of Long Beach and neighboring Port of Los Angeles have received COVID-19 vaccinations
to reduce the spread of the infection among seafarer communities.
More than 450 crewmembers from 27 ships have received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Port of Long Beach said in a statement.
Nearly 480 more sailors on 29 ships are booked for vaccinations. The vaccinations are administered without charge to international crews aboard ships visiting San Pedro Bay.
Crew members of a ship docked at the Port of Long Beach receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine; Courtesy of Port of Long Beach
Longshore Union Speaks Out Against Automation of Port Container Terminal
Two Centuries After the Luddite Revolution the Same Arguments Rage
US – Total Terminals International (TTI) met with leaders of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) at the beginning of the week to announce that it intends to pursue automating Pier T at the Port of Long Beach. The move has prompted a backlash from the ILWU which has raised concerns about the impact on the US and local economies and on matters of cyber security. Ramon Ponce de Leon, ILWU Local 13 President, explained:
“While foreign-owned corporations like TTI continue to push to fully automate their terminal operations at our publically owned US ports, they need to remember that the ports exist for the benefit of the US and local economies, not the destruction of jobs and maximum extraction of foreign profit.”
DEMAND DRIVEN BY ONLINE SPENDING, RETAILERS RESTOCKING SHELVES An ongoing cargo boom largely driven by online purchases lifted the Port of Long Beach to its strongest April on record. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 746,188 twenty-foot equivalent units in April, a 43.6% increase from the same month last year. It was the first time the .