Lars Jensen will discuss:
1) Trends in Trans-Pacific Container Freight
2) Are Blank Sailings Here to Stay?
3) Could the Spot Market Get Worse?
4) Advice for Agricultural Exporters
5) Is De-containerization a Temporary Fad?
6) What Kind of “Normal” Will We be Returning to after the Pandemic?
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Jim McKenna, president of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), reported that the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have seen the highest number of COVID cases among U.S. West Coast ports and that thirteen longshore workers have so far died.
McKenna, who spoke to the Propeller Club of Northern California on February 2nd, said that approximately half of the current 855 COVID cases afflicting longshore workers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach had occurred since January 1st.
McKenna reported that there have been 74 COVID cases in Northern California including two longshore worker deaths and 110 cases at ports in Oregon and Washington with no deaths.
McKenna said “we mourn this loss of life and are working with the ILWU to constantly provide the best protection for our workforce so that they can continue to do the vital job that they do to support the U.S. supply chain.”
McKenna said that the State of California had elevated the importance of longshore workers as essential to receive COVID vaccines, but at the moment no vaccines are available.
To assist longshore workers who become ill, the ILWU and the PMA have established two web portals. One portal allows longshore workers to report positive and negative tests of the virus and a second portal allows longshore workers, who have been taken ill by the virus, to be compensated during their convalescence.
Ed Denike, president SSA Containers, said that ocean carriers tell him that vessel congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is likely to continue until March.
Denike, who spoke to the Propeller Club of Northern California via Zoom on January 12th, explained that congestion delays have seen as many as 40 ships waiting to be unloaded that amounts to a 7-8 wait per vessel.
Causes of Congestion
The primary reason is the large increase in container ships arriving at the two Southern California ports: “There has been an unprecedented increase in container ship traffic going to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.”
The delays and back-ups of ships waiting to enter the two ports comes at a time when there has been a 10% reduction in longshore workers showing up for work related to the COVID virus and a parallel delay unloading import containers at California warehouses due to a reduction of workers also related to the virus.
Jim McKenna will discuss:
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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
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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.
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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/
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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.
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