Seeking new supply-chain efficiencies, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach recently announced the creation of working groups focusing on peak operations and terminal optimization to develop ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the San Pedro Bay port complex.
The Port of Long Beach (pictured) has joined the Port of Los Angeles to create working groups that focus on peak operations and terminal optimization to devise ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the San Pedro Bay port complex.
The Peak Season 2015 working group will be the first to meet, kicking off a series of intensive sessions. The job of this first working group will be to drill down on this year’s peak demand needs at the port complex. The mission of the supply-chain optimization effort overall is to build upon the economic benefits the port complex provides to the region.
The seven working groups are Peak Season 2015, Container Terminal Optimization, Chassis, Off-dock Solutions, Key Performance Indicators/Data Solutions, Intermodal Rail and Drayage.
The ports’ supply-chain optimization effort springs from an agreement approved by the Federal Maritime Commission earlier this year that allows the neighboring ports to discuss new efficiencies and other improvements that would improve the ports’ business competitiveness, environmental sustainability and security.
With this historic opportunity to facilitate improvements and discussions that reach across all parts of the supply chain, the ports hosted a joint meeting in Long Beach in April, drawing dozens of industry representatives to weigh in on their most pressing needs, according to Port officials.
The Supply Chain Optimization Steering Committee, which is composed of port leaders, is reaching out to stakeholders across the industry for participants for the seven working groups, starting with the Peak Season 2015 working group.
In addition, the ports will convene advisory groups of additional environmental, industry, community and government stakeholders to be asked for input on proposals put forth by the working groups.
The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach are the two largest ports in the nation, first and second, respectively, and combined are the 10th-largest port complex in the world. The two ports handle approximately 40 percent of the nation’s total containerized import traffic and 25 percent of its total exports, and trade that flows through the San Pedro Bay ports complex generates more than 3 million jobs nationwide, according to Long Beach Port officials.
Source: Port of LB
