Stas Margaronis

The Port of South Louisiana is projecting record tonnage in 2024, according to Paul Matthews, CEO, Port of South Louisiana.

Nov 14, 2024 • (0) Comments • View Full Blog

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) 2024 Convention in Boston continued October 29th with discussion of $3 billion in new federal grants for clean ports and testimonials from port executives about the work of AAPA

Oct 30, 2024 • View Full Blog

The AAPA Annual Convention opened in Boston on October 28th to hear a detailed check list of new and more complex hiring criteria port commissioners must face, according to veteran maritime headhunter Susan Dvonch.

Oct 29, 2024 • View Full Blog

This follows the recent longshore strike; the huge 61% wage increase and the still unresolved issue of automation between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) which represents employers at U.S. East and Gulf ports.

Oct 22, 2024 • View Full Blog

On October 18th, the Bloomberg Editorial Board also criticized Donald Trump’s plan to put a 20% tariff on all U.S. imports, arguing it would “raise prices, provoke retaliation, hobble the economy and impose especially high costs on the lower-paid, who’d be least able to bear them.”

Oct 21, 2024 • View Full Blog

The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) is considering a ‘pricing mechanism’ to accelerate international shipping’s transition away from greenhouse gases (ghg) and toward zero emissions.

Oct 15, 2024 • View Full Blog

Some container ships and bulk carriers arriving at U.S. ports generate complaints from their crew members that they suffer from substandard conditions that include a shortage of food, according to Robert Wilkins, Executive Director, International Maritime Center and Chief Program Officer, Seafarers' Ministry of the Golden Gate.

Oct 08, 2024 • View Full Blog

The recently resolved International Longshoremen’s Association’s (ILA) strike, which shut down ports on the East and Gulf Coasts, wasn’t just about wages and benefits but also focused on opposing automation at container terminals where the union says jobs are threatened. But is the ILA right about the threat of automation?

Oct 04, 2024 • View Full Blog

Within the last year, the Port of Hueneme, located in Ventura County, California, was hit by 8 inches of rain in two hours plus a drought hurting blueberry shipments from Peru and hurricanes hurting Mexican banana imports, reports Kristin Decas, Executive Director, Port of Hueneme.

Oct 02, 2024 • View Full Blog

In the first day of the longshore strike that has shut down ports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su criticized employers represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance

Oct 02, 2024 • View Full Blog