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Recycling cycles.
February 23, 2009... I know someone who really enjoys the talking heads "news" shows on TV. I was never that taken with the level of expertise displayed, but the current state of the world economy coupled with some oft-heard, yet ludicrous opinions has brought out the hidden regulator in me. I would really,...

Tentative deal ends Vancouver strike threat.
February 23, 2009... A threatened work stoppage that would have idled container and other traffic at British Columbia ports ended last week with a tentative agreement between negotiators for 450 unionized dock forepersons and the British Columbia Maritime Employers' Association. Details of the agreement...

Container volume plummets at Long Beach.
February 23, 2009... Just released statistics from the Port of Long Beach show a container slowdown of 23.4 percent, a decrease greater than earlier predicted. In January, 200,588 TEUs of loaded imports crossed the port's docks. That was 23.3 percent lower than the 261,543 TEUs imported in January 2008. ...

NRS deploys clean-trucks fleet.
February 23, 2009... Trucking and logistics company National Retail Systems will be plying the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with 115 new trucks that fully comply with the ports' clean-trucks program. The new trucks, with engines that meet 2007 Environmental Protection Agency pollution mitigation...

Tacoma, Vancouver off to rocky start.
February 23, 2009... The Port of Tacoma got the year off to a rocky start as container volume fell nearly 16 percent in January from the same month last year to 109,265 TEUs, the lowest total since 2002. The deepening recession was reflected in the port's full international inbound and outbound box volumes,...