Is the Port of Long Beach ready to receive a new wave of container imports?

February 22, 2024 00:19:55
Is the Port of Long Beach ready to receive a new wave of container imports?
The Freight Buyers' Club
Is the Port of Long Beach ready to receive a new wave of container imports?

Feb 22 2024 | 00:19:55

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Show Notes

In this news insight episode of The Freight Buyers’ Club, Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer at the Port of Long Beach, outlines why the de facto closure of the Suez Canal to container shipping, low water levels on the Panama Canal, and the threat of union action at rival ports on the US East and Gulf Coast, are creating a unique window of opportunity for West Coast trade gateways.

But after the congestion and chaos of the Covid years, host Mike King asks if Long Beach’s terminals and supply chain stakeholders are now fully prepared to smoothly process a box volume demand spike.

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