b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(HANDLEDcontinuedsal Truck Appointment System Port of Long Beachs Hacegaba embracesfrom page 6) Expanding on that, the Univer-wereinfinaldiscussionshasalreadyimprovedgate infrastructure and green investments with Fenix Marine Terminalusage by 20% for the 20,000 to develop 40 acres that cur- trucks that serve our Port. Our By Stas Margaronis, AJOT rently sit vacant on the easttruckers are seeing real benefits side of the terminal. in reduced wait times and better In his first State of the Port of Long Beach,Today, thats down to 60%. As a result, we areThiswouldbehometoroute selection. Many thanks to incoming CEO Noel Hacegaba embraced invest- seeing more cargo come from Vietnam, Thai- another berth and backlands,our friend Robert Loya at the ments in infrastructure and green investments. land and other countries in Southeast Asia. increasing efficiency at FenixHarborTruckingAssociation Hacegaba also reported that Long Beachby one third. for all his support and guidance thePorthaditsbusiestyear:Together,weG reenP olicieS VincentThomasBridgeas weve rolled this out.handled 9.9 million TEUs, making it our bus- Hacegabasaidthatsince2005:WeUpgrade. Seroka reports: TheCollaboration WithLong iest year ever. have reduced every category of emissionsbridge needs redecking to makeBeach. Thanks to an $8 million Thiswasachieveddespiterecordtariffsdiesel particulate matter, NOx, SOx and green- it safer for the 50,000 vehiclesCalifornia GO-Biz grant, we imposed by the Trump administration: Now, Ihousegasesevenasourcargovolumesthatcrossitdaily.Butheresare expanding the Port Opti-dont want to minimize the impact of the tariffincreased by 44%. And were not finished. Work- the bigger issue: We also needmizertoaccessappointment uncertainty.Certainsegmentsinthesupplying in partnership with our friends at the Port ofto raise or replace it to unlockdataatPortofLongBeach chain felt the impacts more than others, likeLos Angeles and ports in Shanghai and Singa- our full terminal capacity northterminalsinthefuture.This our drayage providers. Tariffs also impactedpore, we are accelerating the use of cargo vesselsofthebridge.Wepushedtogrant also supports new Cal-our exporters. Chinas retaliatory tariffs led topowered by clean fuels, like methanol. dobothtogether.Thattime- Portsapplications,enabling a decrease in U.S. exports across most agricul- Hacegabapraisedoceancarrierpartici- linesimplydidntwork.Butsecuredata-sharingacross tural commodities. pants in the effort: I am pleased to report thethisissueisnotgoingaway.the five major container ports He cited the example of soybeans: Amer- progress we have already achieved with ourA bridge built for yesterdaysinCalifornia.Thisisgreater ica produces 28% of the worlds soybeans andgreenshippingcorridors:shippinglineslikeshipscannotbeanobstaclereach and greater impactall its a commodity in high demand in Asia, whereCOSCO, CMA CGM, Evergreen, Maersk andfortomorrowsPort.Weredriven by smarter technology. it is used in so many dishes. In 2024, China wasONE, among others, are already investing inworkingwiththeGovernorsAndtheseapplicationsare the Ports number three destination for soybeannew vessels powered by clean fuels. Office and California transpor- protected by the nations first exports, with more than 13,000 TEUs. But lastHacegabaalsocitedcontainerterminalstationofficialstoexploreallPortCyberSecurityOpera-year,weshippedonly665TEUsofsoybeanwho are supporting the green fuel effort: I amoptionswhich could includetions Center. Last year alone, exports to China representing a 95% drop fromalso pleased to announce that COSCO Ship- building a new crossing. our system blocked more than the prior year. As trade policies shifted, Chinaping has deployed a regular methanol-capablePortOptimizer.ThePort820 million intrusion attempts started sourcing more soybeans from other coun- service to our Long Beach Container Terminal,OptimizerbyWabtechas from network exploitation tries, mainly Brazil, which produces 40% of thesignaling the growing demand for alternativebeendeliveringreal-timeto malware, ransomware and worlds soybeans. At the same time, we saw anmarine fuel. AndPier Aand Pier Calreadyinsightstothousandsofourphishing schemes.increase in soybean exports to Indonesia. offerLNGbunkeringfortheLNG-capablepartnersfornearlyadecade. Wonderful Logistics Center. This has resulted in a decline in trade withships calling at their docks. WeveaddednewtoolslikeSeroka said that last summer China: The point is that tariffs have an imme- A new cooperative agreement was recentlyTheSignalwhichtracksallwesignedaMemorandum diate effectbut they also reshape trade pat- signed with the South Coast Air Quality Manage- imports headed to the Port withofUnderstandingwiththe terns. Six years ago, about 70% of all our cargoment District: The most significant partnershipa three-week windowthats(HANDLEDcontinued on importsandexportswastiedtoChina.(EMBRACEScontinued on page 23) visibility no other US port has.page 13)The Economy in MotionThanks to our industry and labor partnerships, the Port of Long Beach is handling record cargo with exceptional customer service and we will continue to be the heartbeat of the U.S. economy.'