The transformer weighs about the same as 11 or 12 loaded log trucks or about 300 cars.
The heaviest single piece of equipment ever to move on Washington highways came through the Port of Longview recently and will require a trailer as long as a football field to move it to its destination in Central Washington.
Portland-area heavy equipment mover Omega Morgan is partnering with the Washington State Patrol and Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office to move a windmill transformer...
Another Port of Oakland marine terminal operator has announced that it’s opening night gates to accelerate containerized cargo flow. TraPac plans to add a second shift for harbor truckers beginning Oct. 15.
The move enables thousands of drivers to pick up or drop off Oakland containerized cargo from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m., Monday-through-Thursday. Port officials said night operations should accelerate cargo flow while reducing truck queues that sometimes build outside terminal gates.
TraPac becomes the...
At the September 11, 2018, Commission meeting the Port of Grays Harbor Commission authorized Executive Director Gary Nelson to sign an Option to Lease 85 acres of property adjacent to port-owned Marine Terminal 3 from the City of Hoquiam. The land would be required if BHP, a global resource company, should select Grays Harbor as the preferred site for their proposed potash export facility.
Hoquiam’s City Council also authorized the Option to be executed at its City Council meeting on...
The Port of Oakland on Thursday reported the busiest August in its 91-year history, a record start to its peak season with imports up 9.2 percent from a year ago.
The Port, the third largest in California and among the nation’s top 10, attributed the gains to strong U.S. consumer spending.
“We’re encouraged by the solid start to peak season, but there’s still uncertainty in the trade environment,” said Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll. “Let’s see what the next...
Daily Breeze photo of the sea lion, rehabilitated and released on Sept. 6.
It was homecoming day Thursday for a sea lion that was found ailing and wandering the streets of Terminal Island earlier this summer.
Rocking his wheeled crate as it sat confined on the rocky shore of White Point/Royal Palms Beach, the some 250-pound sea lion wasted no time charging toward the breaking surf, barking all the way to the water’s edge before plunging in.
Within minutes, he was out into the...
Container volumes at the Port of Long Beach were 1.9 percent lower in August compared to the same month the year before, according to the port’s latest figures.
Last month’s dip in volume can be attributed in part to the formation of new ocean-carrier alliances, in which carrier companies agree to certain conditions to stabilize the rates to ship goods.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero also attributed the decrease to tariffs between China and the U.S....
Our profound condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Laboom Midnight Dyer, who was killed on the docks this week at age 23.
From the American Journal of Transportation:
The ITF Dockers’ Section is in shock after a young New Zealand docker died Sept. 5 after his straddle crane overturned at Ports of Auckland at 3:45am on August 27th.
The ITF family passes on its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the worker, and joins with the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) in...