On January 10, 2024, in collaboration with the Port of Los Angeles, the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association hosted the 9th Annual State of the Port of Los Angeles Luncheon.

On January 10, 2024, in collaboration with the Port of Los Angeles, the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association hosted the 9th Annual State of the Port of Los Angeles Luncheon.

For all the media attention lavished on containerized imports, especially now when shipping through both the Panama and Suez Canals is under stress, we don’t hear nearly as much about what – apart from air – is in the boxes that do sail from our shores. That leaves a lot of room for speculation about containerized exports.

We tend to overlook and therefore minimize the river ports that convey so much of America’s farm produce in bulk to overseas customers.

We tend to overlook and therefore minimize the river ports that convey so much of America’s farm produce in bulk to overseas customers.