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PCNC WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS FEDERATION’S SAM LEVENS: “JONES ACT WAIVER’S IMPACT ON FOREIGN CREWS SAILING IN U.S. TRADES” THURSDAY, JULY 9TH AT 1100 HRS VIA ZOOM
LEVENS, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT WORKERS FEDERATIONS (ITF) INSPECTOR WILL DISCUSS:
REGISTRATION IS $15
ED DENIKE DISCUSSED:
1) Detention and demurrage
2) Competitiveness of US West Coast ports
3) Zero emission terminals
4) Port congestion at LA/Long Beach
5) Covid challenges
6) Relations with ILWU
7) Digitization & cybersecurity
Registration is $15
Questions? Please contact: ap**********@***il.com
The Texas Legislature will be asked to approve a $26 billion coastal defense network, including $12 billion for storm surge gates to protect Galveston Bay and the Port of Houston from hurricanes and storm surges, according to Tony Williams, environmental review coordinator for the Texas General Land Office.
Williams was addressing the first day of the Storms, Flooding and Sea Level Defense 2020 conference produced by the Propeller Club of Northern California and the Society of American Military Engineers which took place on Zoom on November 18th.
The second day of the Storms, Flooding & Sea Level Defense 2020 conference featured sea level defense strategies being developed by ports from New York/ New Jersey, Hawaii, Washington, California and Rotterdam.
The conference was produced by the Propeller Club of Northern California and the Society of American Military Engineers and took place virtually on November 19th, 2020.
The Port of New Orleans discussed its plans on the first day of the conference.
Port of Oakland Executive Director Danny Wan and Port Maritime Director Bryan Brandes will provide PCNC a year-end review of the Port’s challenges and successes in 2020.
For questions, please contact: ap**********@***il.com
Please join port and resiliency stakeholders from Hawaii, Washington, California, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, New Jersey and the Netherlands in attending the Storms, Flooding & Sea Level DefenseConference 2020 on Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19 Via Zoom.
Referencing the Netherlands, the conference will look at how ports and states are defending their coasts and inland waterways.
The SFSLD conference is produced by the Propeller Club of Northern California and co-sponsored by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME).
See the agenda
See speaker bios (partial)
Find news and background papers (more will be added)
Register for the conference here. There is a $25.00 registration fee per person to attend this year’s conference webinar – unless you are an organization or individual unable to afford the fee.
Sponsorships: You can be a conference sponsor and have your company logo displayed on the conference website and during the conference for $200. For more information: https://propellerclubnortherncalifornia.org/sea-level-defense-conference-2020/attendance-form-sld-conference-2020/
Students: You will receive attendance confirmation at no charge, if you send a cover letter and bio expressing your interest in the conference to: ap**********@***il.com
Questions: ap**********@***il.com
CONFERENCE 2020 SPONSORS:
A Mercator study commissioned by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) warns that high U.S. rail costs and other factors could cause U.S. West Coast (USWC) ports to lose between 15% to 45% of intermodal import business to British Columbia (BC) ports by 2030.
The report says 15% of “Intact Intermodal import volumes” could be lost by 2022 and over “45% of the USWC’s current intact intermodal import traffic is at risk of diversion to BC ports over the balance of this decade.”
On September 25th, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) applauded passage of his amendment to the “Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act” (H.R. 4447) by the U.S House of Representatives.
Garamendi’s amendment clarifies that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, a 1953 law governing offshore mineral and energy development, applies to lease sales for non-fossil fuel energy sources such as wind power, hydrokinetic, or ocean thermal energy conversion. The Garamendi amendment will enforce Jones Act requirements for all offshore renewable energy production.
However, it must still pass the U.S. Senate.
OCTOBER 13, 2020 @ 11 VIA ZOOM
Scott Taylor, President/CEO – GSC Logistics and Weston LaBar President/CEO Harbor Trucking Association will update the Propeller Club of Northern California on how harbor truckers are coping with the Covid crisis and challenges to pick-ups and deliveries of containers at the Port of Oakland as well as other trucking issues at California ports.
Weston LaBar will also discuss the latest on Howard Terminal ballpark plans.
To attend and receive Zoom instructions, please contact ap**********@***il.com
PCNC WELCOMES WATERMASTER SINGLE OPERATOR DREDGER PRESENTED BY PETER & JONATHAN DREYFUSS – Tuesday, September 29 @ 11 VIA ZOOM
This single operator Watermaster dredger can be deployed for shallow (20 feet) dredging jobs in Northern California.
PCNC members Peter and Jonathan Dreyfuss, co-founders Watermaster North America, will discuss this exciting new dredging technology on Tuesday September 29th @ 11 Via Zoom.