Insights - June 2015 - (Page 12)
Long Beach Plans
Peak Chassis Fleet
The Port of Long Beach is planning to implement a new fleet of truck
chassis for peak periods of the year,
first with 1,000 units and later 2,000
more.
The peak chassis fleet is not to
compete with private fleets but rather
complement existing supplies of
equipment when needed, according
to a May 20 announcement from the
port, which gave a June 2 deadline for
submission of proposals for the fleet.
Visit bit.ly/PoLBchassis for more
information.
L.A., Long Beach
Truckers Picket
Hundreds of truckers have
returned to work following a four-day
strike at the ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach - the nation's busiest
port complex.
The drayage drivers, organized
by a Teamsters-affiliated group called
Justice for Port Truck Drivers, began
picketing April 27 but, according to
port officials, did little to disrupt cargo
flows before going back to work.
The truckers struck against four
nonunion firms - Harbor Rail
Transport, Intermodal Bridge
Transport, Pacer Cartage and Pacific
9 Transportation - they contend are
depriving them of earnings, including
because they are classified as
independent contractors rather than
employees.
Go to www.justice4ladrivers.net to
learn more.
In the wake of the labor action,
Saybrook Capital, primary investor
in nonunion drayage firm Total
Transportation Services Inc.,
announced on May 4 the starting of
a Teamsters-backed port trucking
company, Eco Flow Transportation,
hiring only employee drivers.
New Vancouver
Terminal Sought
Port Metro Vancouver is advancing
plans for a new three-berth container
terminal at Roberts Bank in Delta,
British Columbia.
According to an April 30
statement, the port has submitted
a comprehensive environmental
impact statement for the Roberts Bank
Terminal 2 project to the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency.
The terminal, which could open
as early as 2023, is being designed to
handle an annual throughput of 2.4
million 20-foot-equivalent container
units.
Go to bit.ly/VancouverTerminal for
additional information.
Seattle, Tacoma
Draft Port Pact
The effort to unify marine cargo
operations and marketing of the
ports of Seattle and Tacoma is moving
forward with the drafting of a final
agreement for the Northwest Seaport
Alliance.
The agreement, which outlines
the alliance's charter, structure and
business development strategy, was
released May 8.
Visit bit.ly/NWSeaportAlliance.
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People
in the News
Keith Klein has been promoted
from executive vice president and chief
operating officer to president of Transport Corp. of America Inc., assuming
Transport America's reins from retiring
Scott Arves.
At Norfolk Southern
Corp., Alan H.
Shaw has been
promoted to
executive vice
president and
chief marketing officer from
vice president
Shaw
of intermodal operations; he succeeds Donald W. Seale,
who has retired after 39 years with NS.
Also at NS, Jeffrey S. Heller has transitioned to vice president for intermodal
and automotive from vice president for
intermodal and automotive marketing
and Cary G. Booth has been elevated
to group vice president for intermodal
operations from assistant vice president
for intermodal service development.
Mark Erceg, most recently executive vice president and chief financial
officer of Masonite International Corp.,
has joined Canadian Pacific Railway
as executive vice president and chief
financial officer.
At UPS, Richard Peretz, currently
corporate controller and treasurer, has
been named to succeed Kurt Kuehn
as chief financial officer upon Kuehn's
July 1 retirement after 38 years with the
company. Also at UPS, Mark Wallace,
previously president of UPS Supply
Chain Solutions, has been named senior
vice president of engineering, replacing
the retiring Mitch Nichols, and Edward Rogers, formerly global strategy
manager, has been promoted to global
director of sustainability, succeeding
the retiring Steve Leffin.
http://www.justice4ladrivers.net
http://www.bit.ly/PoLBchassis
http://www.cushingtrans.com
http://www.bit.ly/VancouverTerminal
http://www.cushingtrans.com
http://www.bit.ly/NWSeaportAlliance
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Insights - June 2015
Contents
Federal update
Short-Term Fix Seen for Highways
Proposal Targets Port Performances
Silver Kingpin Award Ballots Due
Spring Business Meeting Focuses on Industry Solutions
IANA Launches Webpage for Scholarship Program
Intermodal EXPO 2015 to Offer Robust Educational Agenda
Equipment Out-of-Service Data to Undergo Expanded Analysis
State Legislative Update
N.J. in Compact, at Least for Now
Freight Report
Yearly Traffic Chart
Sustainability News
Port News
People in the News
In Brief
2015 Sponsors
New Members
Audit Examining FMCSA Processes
Industry Calendar
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