by Stas Margaronis Apr 14, 2020
COVID-19: Port of LA’s Seroka outlines new challenges
Los Angeles logistics chief fast-tracking medical supplies distribution and production
HTA’S LaBar says terminals and trucking companies collaborate on protective gear & sanitary supplies for drivers
At the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Weston LaBar, president of the Harbor Trucking Association says that there have been no reported COVID-19 cases among drivers and that marine terminals and trucking companies have been working together to source protective gear and sanitary supplies for drivers.
PMSA & Beacon economics’ O’Connell warn of disruptions to trucking & decline of US consumer demand
The United States is facing an unprecedented demand-side crisis as a result of the Coronavirus shutting down major sectors of the economy crippling prospects for recovery, increasing dislocations for trucking and more downturns at ports, warehouses and distribution centers, according to Jock O’Connell, an economist with the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) and Beacon Economics.
Port of Long Beach’s Cordero says port coping with “unprecedented crisis”
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero says: “We are coping with an unpredicted crisis caused by COVID-19 virus and the threats it poses to the supply chain.”
Coronavirus: Carnival Corporation offers up to 15 ships for floating hospitals at U.S. & foreign ports
Carnival Corporation has offered up to 15 cruise ships to be deployed as possible hospital ships for non-Coronavirus – COVID-19 - hospital patients, according to Roger Frizzell, Carnival’s chief communications officer, based in Miami.
Port of LA’s Seroka outlines efforts to protect workers and keep port operational
In a press conference, today, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka gave a wide-ranging report addressing contamination threats to workers from the Coronavirus and working with maritime partners to keep the Port operational in response to supply chain disruptions in China and the United States.
Port of Oakland’s Driscoll: Imports and exports rising In March
Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Drsicoll says that exports and imports with Asia are on the rise - last week, 9 vessels arrived at the Port “within two days,” indicating that “trade with China is ramping back up.”
Northern California maritime professionals expedite imports during coronavirus emergency
A group of Northern California freight forwarders, customs brokers, stevedores and U.S. Customs officials are working together with truckers, longshore labor and Port of Oakland officials to expedite import containers reaching end users, especially those that contain medical supplies and other important products during the Coronavirus emergency.
PMSA and other local maritime interests file suit against proposed Oakland A’s ballpark and condominiums
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), Schnitzer Steel Industries, the Harbor Trucking Association, and the California Trucking Association filed a suit in response to the latest submission by the Oakland A's proposed stadium and condominium complex at the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal.
U.S. nurses’ coronavirus survey: U.S. hospitals and U.S. government are unprepared to prevent virus spread
“The vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus),” according to a survey of registered nurses conducted by National Nurses United (NNU) and released on March 5th.
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