Stas Margaronis

Stas Margaronis



Port of LA’s Seroka outlines competitiveness strategy

Gene Seroka the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles outlined a new strategy for the Port to regain lost market share.

Jan 20, 2020View Full Blog

Long Beach’s Cordero says investment in Zero Emissions key to long-term growth

Critics says the cost of doing business at Long Beach and Los Angeles is high and due in part to tough regulations on diesel emissions, however Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach remains optimistic.

Jan 06, 2020View Full Blog

Trump Administration supports new rules that industry says will weaken the Jones Act and outsource US jobs

The Trump Administration is supporting new U.S. Customs rules that the Offshore Marine Services Association says will weaken the Jones Act and outsource American jobs in the oil, gas and offshore wind farms industries.

Dec 23, 2019View Full Blog

California ports support sea level defense

The majority of California ports came together on December 3rd to announce their plans for improved defense against sea level rise recognizing that climate change poses a serious threat to U.S. ports and coastal communities.

Dec 06, 2019View Full Blog

California Ports present storm and sea level defense plans at December 3rd conference in Oakland

California ports will be presenting their plans to defend against higher sea levels, storm surges and flooding at the “Strategies for Storms, Flooding and Sea Level Defense” conference taking place on December 3rd at Scott’s Seafood in Oakland, California.

Dec 02, 2019View Full Blog

U.S. port execs tell Propeller Club, trade dispute with China hurts imports and exports

At the annual Propeller Club convention that took place at New Orleans between October 15-17, representatives of the Ports of New Orleans, Virginia, Seattle and Tacoma, reported declines in business due to the U.S. trade dispute with China

Oct 28, 2019View Full Blog

HTA’s LaBar says new California law’s impact on owner/operator trucking still to be determined

In an interview with AJOT, LaBar said that the full impact of AB-5 on trucking in California cannot be fully known at this time due to several factors

Sep 30, 2019View Full Blog

IANA panelists see slowdown in trucking and intermodal

Panelists at the Intermodal Association of North American (IANA) Expo in Long Beach, said they see a slowdown in trucking and intermodal freight transportation in 2019, but they do not forecast a recession.

Sep 17, 2019View Full Blog

US Coast Guard’s Byrd urges emergency preparedness citing bridges & refineries

U.S. Coast Guard Captain Marie Byrd told attendees at the Propeller Club of Northern California on September 10th that vulnerabilities of bridges and refineries continue to be a focus of emergency response plans seeking to protect the Marine Transportation System.

Sep 12, 2019View Full Blog

Twelve years later the locks still not replaced

Twelve year congressional delay funding upper Mississippi lock and dam project hurts U.S. farm exports & aids U.S. competitors

Sep 04, 2019View Full Blog

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