b'6American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(HEADWINDScontinued(FIREcontinued fromthe ship away from the terminal(linking San Pedro to the Ter- communityresourcesremained from page 4) page 4) andintoasafeanchorageoff- minal Island terminals and thesafe throughout the incident. wepioneeredshoresidepowerfront-line firefighting, the droneshore: The decision was madePort of Long Beach) so youreThe fire broke out aboard the for ships, we are now extendingcoverage,understandingwhatby the LA Fire Department. AndgoingtotakethissmolderingOceanNetworkExpressHenry that same thinking to railroads.arewedealingwithherefromI think it was a gutsy call.firingship,movingitthroughHudsonwhileitwasworking WithfundingfromtheUnionthecargoperspective.AndIMcCorkle added: My recol- navigational waters. And at anyexport cargo at Yusen Terminals. PacificRailroadandanotherthink a lot of care is put into thatlectionisprobablysomewherepointsomethingcouldhappenWithinminutes,morethan200 EPAgrant,werealsoinvest- and then getting those manifestsaround11:30iswhenthewith that ship that could be sig- first responders were on the scene. ingincleanerrailoperations.and saying, okay, what cargo dodecision was made. So, follow- nificant, Right? And soweA unified command was quickly Bytestingplug-insystemswe have? Do we have hazardousing that three to four hours ofgot the Port, the Port pilots, Portestablished with our partners at the that allow locomotives to drawcargothere,drycargo?Whatthisandsaying,Okay,herespolice, everybody. And we gotUnitedStatesCoastGuard,Los power directly from the grid, weis it? Weve got to worry, whatwhat we think is the best deci- adiscussionabout,Allright,AngelesCityFireDepartment, believe we can further cut emis- kind of spread of the fire do wesion with all the information weweregoingtohavetostopLos Angeles Port Police and the sions,improveairqualityandhave to worry about? All this ishave that we take the ship out totrafficontheVincentThomasCaliforniaGovernorsOfficeof take another major step towardgoing on all this activity is goinganchorage. And the Port had anBridge.WeregoingtohaveEmergency Services.our zero-emission future.ontosay,okay,letsgetedu- anchorage that was outside thethe fire boats going and the PortWithcommunitysafetyas catedaboutwhatshappeningbreakwater,thatwasdeemedofLongBeachhadfireboatsthetoppriority,LosAngeles P ort ofL ongB eaCh in this fireDifferent groupssafe for navigationOnce weassisting as we moved the ship.MayorKarenBass,leadership OnJanuary1 st ,2026,Dr.down there, had air quality mon- got the ship out there, it wontAthismediabriefinginfromtheLAFD(LosAngeles NoelHacegabawasappointeditorsput in place. There wereimpedeanycommerce,itwillDecember 2025, Eugene Seroka,FireDepartment),U.S.Coast as the Port of Long Beachs newalready existing air quality mon- not create any safety issues forExecutive Director, Port of LosGuard and our LA Port Police CEO. Hacegaba, a longtime PortitorsIdidntevenknowwerecommerce. It wont create anyAngeles gave his overview of themade the decision to move the executive, most recently servedin the local area. And then theysafetyissueforshipscomingevents: I would like to addressvessel to anchorage, just beyond asCOO,forlongtimeformeradded some air quality monitorsandgoing.Itistheperfectthe cargo vessel fire that occurredthe Port complex.CEO Mario Cordero. The Portthrough the course of the nightanchorage.WecangetitouthereatthePortonFriday,Brave ILWU linesmen untied ofLongBeach,whichhadaso they could check the hazard tothere. AndthenthediscussionNovember21st.Mostimpor- thevesselunderdifficultcon-throughput of 9.88 million TEUs the local communities. got to be how do we safely get ittantly, there were no fatalities andditions. Our port pilots and tug in2025,liketheneighboringout there? The ship still had pro- no injuries. I am extremely grate- operatorsexecutedthetransit Port of LA, has embarked on aM oving theS hiP pulsion, but you have tugs on it.ful to all the first responders whoseamlessly.long-term strategy to move theAftercarefuldeliberation,Andyouregoingunderneathensured the ships 23 crew mem- Three and a half days later, Port to zero-emissions.the decision was made to movetheVincentThomasBridgebers, our waterfront workers and(FIREcontinued on page 20)Long Beach, like other US ports,hasbeenimpactedby theadministrationstariffblitz and other initiatives. Hacegaba, reportedthatinJanuary:We moved 847,765 TEUs, marking oursecondbusiestJanuaryon record.Now,thatsdown11% fromJanuary2025,whichis stillthePortofLongBeachs strongestJanuaryandsecond strongest month in its 115-year history. At the Ports February 25 th mediabriefingHacegaba detailed the Ports January 2026 cargo performance:Importsdeclined13.1%to 409,828 TEUs,Exports rose 0.8% to 99,478 TEUs. The Port moved 51% of the cargo processed in January at the San Pedro Bay Ports complex.Relative to the impact that the tariffs have had on the Port, Hacegabanoted,Onaverage, tariffs added up to an additional $1,700 in costs for the average household,affectingtheprice of clothes, shoes, toys and elec-tronicsitemsthatwetypically importfromEastAsiancoun-triesOurtonnagefor2025 was down 32% for iron and steel comparedto2024,whiletoys andsportsequipmentdeclined 15%, dyes were down 15%, syn-theticfibersweredown43%, and we saw a 21% reduction inWith Gratitudesalt, sulfur and cement.Andevenwiththefavor-able US Supreme Court Ruling, Hacegaba sees problems ahead: AbouttwothirdsoftariffsWe extend our sincere appreciation to the imposedlastyearunderthe InternationalEmergencyEco- first responders, regulatory agencies, government officials, nomicPowersAct,orIEEPA, wereunconstitutional.WhileILWU and YTI team for their courage and professionalism this decision ruled on the legal- in the prompt response to the M/V ONE Henry Hudson ity of IEEPA tariffs, it did little toremovetheuncertaintythatfire at Yusen Terminals in November.weve seen and continue to see acrossthegoodsmovement industry.Ourcustomers(are) seeking clarity on whether tar-iffs already paid will be refunded and when and how these refunds willbeprocessed.UntiltheseThank you!questions are answered, the only certainty is more uncertainty.Ofcourse,partofthat uncertaintyisntnecessarilya downturnbutquitetheoppo-site, as Hacegaba explained, atYusen Terminals, 701 New Dock St. Terminal Island, CA 90731yti.comthispointifthiscouldtrigger (HEADWINDScontinued on page 8)'