b'12American Journal of Transportation ajot.comACL AJOT_SailSchedule_2020_ACL2/27/209:33 AMPage 1Seroka reports LA containerOvolumes decline by 6% in July ONNEESSHHIIPPBy Stas Margonanis, AJOT C onCo nttaaiinneerrss,,RROORROO,,BBrreeaakkbbuullkkCCaarrggooPort of Los Angeles Execu- decline at other ports showed a tive Director Gene Seroka told a3% decline indicating the Port is press conference via Zoom thatstill losing market share to U.S. the Ports July containerport competitors.volumes were down bySeroka announced 6.11%inJuly2020atthatenvironmental 856,389 TEUs (twenty- upgradeswillcom-footcontainerunits)menceatthePorts comparedto912,154ChinaShippingTer-TEUs in 2019. minalfollowingfinal He said the year toapprovalbytheLos date cargo volumes, comparingAngeles City Council.January to July 2019 with Janu- Serokasaid,despitecom-arytoJuly2020,hasdeclinedplaintsfromsomemaritimeA SERVICE AL1 SERVICE AL2 SERVICE RORO Customer Serviceby 15.3% in 2020. In 2020, thestakeholders,thePortwasnotCuto Friday Cuto Thursday Cuto Monday 877-918-7676Export Customer ServiceyeartodatacontainervolumebackingawayfromthegoalsFROM NEW YORK LOLO RORO LOLO LOLO 800-225-1235is 4,618,278 compared to 2019ofitsCleanAirActionPlanTO Transit Time Transit Time Transit Time Transit Time Export Documentation which was 5,450, 793. toimplementzeroemissionANTWERP 1620 18888-802-0401Seroka went on to say thattrucksandterminals.Recently,DUBLIN 12Import Customer Serviceimports for July 2020 are downa number of maritime stakehold- BELFAST 13888-802-0403by 4% at 456,029 compared toers sent a letter to the CaliforniaGTEBORG 21LogisticsHAMBURG 13 17 15 22July 2019 at 476,438 TEUs. LegislaturecomplainingaboutLE HAVRE17 866-821-7449Year to date January to Julythe high cost of doing businessLIVERPOOL 9 13 Credit & Collections2020importsaredown12.1%atCaliforniaports.TheysaidLONDON GATEWAY20 19 888-225-7747in2020at2,406,662TEUsthesehighcostsresultedinaROTTERDAM11 20comparedtothesameperiodloss of market share to East and in 2019 where the Port handledGulf Coast ports and cited Cali-3,213,143 TEUs. fornia clean air mandates as oneTulane University warns New Orleans Exports were down 21.7% inhigh cost.July 2020, compared to July 2019. ThePortsignedaMemo- and Baton Rouge at risk from sea level riseYeartodateexportsarerandumofUnderstandingwith down 18.3% in 2020 at 874,463the California Manufacturers & teus compared to 1,070,020 forTechnologyAssociation:TheBy Stas Margonanis, AJOTthe same year today in 2019. agreement will assist in manag-The volume of empty con- ing and streamlining the supplyA Tulane University report warns that as a resultNew Orleans.tainersshowedaJanuarytoandprovisionofpersonalpro- of increasing rates of sea level rise, the remainingA 2017 U.S. Geological Survey report warned: July 2020 decline of 18.7% attective equipment (PPE) during6,000 square miles of Louisianas coastal wetlandsCoastal Louisiana wetlands are one of the most 1,337,152TEUscomparedtothe current Covid-19 pandemicin the Mississippi River Delta will probably disap- criticallythreatenedenvironmentsintheUnited 1,644,069 for the same periodadditionallythememorandumpear. These wetlands are the main line of defenseStates. These wetlands are in peril because Loui-in 2019. of understanding also calls for ato the cities and ports of New Orleans and Batonsiana currently experiences greater coastal wetland Inothersnews,Serokagreater cooperation between theRouge against hurricanes and storm surges. loss than all other States in the contiguous United reported: The Ports of Los Ange- CMTA on promoting exports ofOne of the reports authors toldAJOTaStates combined.les saw a 4% decrease in importsourmanufacturedgoodsmadestorm surge or hurricane could hit New Orleans inJulywhilethenationalright here in California. and without coastal barriers the city could be lost.f indinGsBaton Rouge, upriver from New Orleans, wouldThe Tulane report summarizes the threat as also be in bad shape. follows:Wepresentan8500-year-longmarsh ThereportTippingpointsofMississippirecord from the Mississippi Delta, showing that at Cincinnati CBP interceptsDeltamarshesduetoacceleratedsea-levelriserates of RSL (Relative Sea Level) rise exceeding was authored by Torbjrn E. Trnqvist, Krista L.6 to 9 mm (millimeters per) yearmarsh con-over 800 shipments ofJankowski, Yong-Xiang Li, and Juan L. Gonzlezversion into open water occurs in about 50 years. and was produced by the Department of Earth andAt rates of RSL rise exceeding3 mm yearcounterfeit batons EnvironmentalSciences,atTulaneUniversity,(RISKcontinued on page 13)On July 30, U.S. CustomsGillespie. A concern is that these andBorderProtection(CBP)parcelsweremis-manifested, officersatthePortofCincin- whichisatacticsmugglersuse natiintercepted817shipmentswhen a shipment is going to be ofcounterfeitbatonsdestinedused for nefarious activities. We toindividualsthroughoutthearecommittedtoprotectingthe UnitedStates.Eachbatoncar- health and safety of our law-abid-ries a Manufacturers Suggesteding citizens and our law enforce-RetailPrice(MSRP)of$150ment counterparts.had the product been genuine. Tradeincounterfeitand Thebatons,whichwerepirated goods is associated with labeled to appear to be productssmugglingandothercriminal oflegitimatesupplierssuchasactivities and often funds crimi-511 Tactical and Armament Sys- nal enterprises. CBP protects the tems and Procedures (ASP), wereintellectualpropertyrightsof being imported through a freightAmericanbusinesses,safe-forwarderinIllinoisandhadguarding them from unfair com-originatedinShenzhen,China.petitionanduseformalicious They were manifested as selfieintentwhileupholdingAmeri-sticks, and window breakers.can innovation and ingenuity.Accompanying the batons wereCBPconductsoperations potentiallydangerousaccesso- atportsofentrythroughout ries such as spear tips. theUnitedStates,andregu-Our officers are very famil- larlyscreensarrivinginterna-iarwiththemanywayssmug- tional passengers and cargo for glers try to evade inspection, saidnarcotics,weapons,andother Cincinnati Port Director Richardrestricted or prohibited products.New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005'