b'6American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comPort of Los Angeles handled over(UNCERTAINTYcontin- mentwasexpectedtobe ued from page 4) approvedbytheEUwitha trade. And nowhere is that morevote on the proposals on Jan-10 million TEUs in 2025 obvious than in the Presidentsuary 26-27, 2026.efforts to take control of Green- And it was widely reported landan island that has beenthat Bernd Lange, chair of the By Stas Margaronis, AJOT a part of Denmark since 1814EuropeanParliamentsCom-and an autonomous territory ofmittee on International Trade, Port of Los Angeles Exec- the Danish nation since 1953. said the group would consider utive Director Eugene SerokaWhen a number of Euro- counteringUSpoliciesby outlinedhisvisionforthepeannationsbalkedatthedeployingananti-coercion Ports future by highlightingthreat of a takeover of Green- instrument nicknamed a trade BuildBiggerandBuildland,Trumpissuedtariffbazooka.Thetradebazooka Smarterinvestmentpriori- threats of 10% beginning Feb- Lange is referring to is essen-ties at the State of the Port ofruary 1 stagainst eight Europeantiallyanumberofretaliatory Los Angeles2026thattooknations,includingDenmark,measuresdesignedtorestrict place on January 22, 2026. Norway, France, Germany andor block trade and investment Serokaannouncedthethe United Kingdom. Accord- fromcountries,liketheUS, Porthandled10.2millioning to Trump these tariffs willwhoareputtingunwarranted containerunitsin2025,theincrease to 25% on June 1 st .pressure on EU countries (i.e. third best in the Ports 118- Trump, speaking in DavosDenmark)orcorporations.In year history. (Jan. 21, 2026) at the Worldshort, it is a measured retalia-The event was hosted byEconomicForum(WEF)intory strike in a trade war.thePacificMerchantShip- Davos, Switzerland reiteratedOvernight,followingthe ping Association. muchofwhathepreviouslyDavos speech, Trump announced Seroka identified a numberhadstatedaboutannexingthathewouldbackoffthe of new Port investments andGreenland but, in the speech,threatened tariffs that would initiatives: he emphasized, I wont takebeleviedontheEuropeanPier 500 Container Termi- A Wan Hai container vessel docked the Port of LA Greenland by force.nationsandalliesandthat nal.TheproposedPier500This was hardly the con- a deal wasin place. Atthis MarineContainerTerminalwaterfoundationisalreadyIsland. Now in the design stage,ciliatorymessageEuropeanwritingDenmarkdisagrees is the first new container ter- complete, thanks to the fore- it will serve as a dedicated hubleadershadhopedforbutwithTrumpsassessmentof minaltobedevelopedinasight of our Port staff morefor chassis parking and main- rather the one they expected.the situation. generationandwillbebuiltthan two decades ago. Theytenance,aswellascontainerAnd minutes after the speechButthespatoverGreen-ontwohundredacresandsawwhatwewouldneed.pick-up and drop-off. the European Union (EU) sus- landisanotherintheongo-three thousand linear feet ofAnd they built for it. Pier300OnDockRailpended work on the US-EUingdisruptionsandthreatens wharfspacetocreatevital Maritime Support Facility.Expansion. On Pier 300, intradeagreement.Undertheglobal trade. And the collateral newcapacity:InOctober,ThenewMaritimeSupportadditiontotheon-dockrailproposedagreementtheEUcausalities in these trade wars [the Port] released a RequestFacility is developing on 80expansion currently underway,would drop most of its tariffsenvelopesalltheparticipants for Proposals to evaluate theacresofunder-utilizedland(HANDLEDcontinued onwhile the US would retain a(UNCERTAINTYcontin-interest. Much of the under- right in the middle of Terminalpage 10) base rate of 15%. The agree- ued on page 8)'