By Ronald D. White Los Angeles Times
LONG BEACH - Fundamental shifts in global trade patterns present a growing challenge to Long Beach and Los Angeles as they seek to maintain their long-held position as North America's top seaport. Expansion of the Panama Canal, fierce competition from Canadian and East Coast ports and new manufacturing centers outside Asia are expected to significantly impact the flow of goods in coming years, possibly undermining industries dependent on trade through San Pedro Bay.
Everyone agrees container cargo traffic will increase in Louisiana after the 2014 Panama Canal expansion. But there is fundamental disagreement about how to forecast the increase, which will be influenced by difficult-to-predict industry trends. That debate surfaces in discussions about the Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal, a downriver container port proposal with a cost that could exceed $1 billion. Some believe LIGTT will position the state at the nexus of Gulf container shipping following the canal expansion.
LONG BEACH - Fundamental shifts in global trade patterns present a growing challenge to Long Beach and Los Angeles as they seek to maintain their coveted position as North America's top seaport. Expansion of the Panama Canal, fierce competition from Canadian and East Coast ports and new manufacturing centers outside Asia are expected to significantly impact the flow of goods in coming years, possibly undermining industries dependent on trade through San Pedro Bay.
IN 2005 my husband and I traveled to Panama to see a breathtakingly beautiful annular solar eclipse. Of course you can't go to Panama without visiting the Panama Canal. So we hired a guide and toured the canal. It was the first time I had heard about the canal expansion plan.
Lurking inside Aaron J. Gellman's column "Panama Canal at the crossroads" (Op-Ed, Oct. 11) is his vision of expanding this "great and vital Panamanian asset," the canal. His argument is also being pitched by the Panama Canal Advisory Board (ACP), which predictably is pressing the business-dominant agendas of most of its global- minded members. Considering that the expansion debate will be resolved (at least in the short term) by an Oct. 22 referendum, it is by no means certain that the ACP's boosterism will ensure that the voting process will be in the public interest. Hopefully, when Panamanians vote on the referendum, they will look beyond the glossy array of benefits outlined in the ACP's multimillion-dollar lobbying campaign and reports filed by its ill-reputed and unreliable engine...
A major expansion of the Panama Canal is raising alarms on the West Coast, where business, labor and public officials are warning that the project threatens to dent the region's role in international trade. The $5.25 billion project will make the canal wider and deeper, allowing huge freighters from Asia to bypass West Coast ports and head straight to terminals on the Gulf Coast and East Coast.
Panama Canal Expansion Means Higher Volumes, Larger Vessels, New Trading Patterns SEATTLE, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the completion of the Panama Canal expansion nears, a number of concerns have surfaced regarding the ability of U.S. ports to keep up with the more aggressive port infrastructure progress witnessed overseas. Colliers International released its North American Port Analysis Report, which highlights the rapid growth of intermodalism - the study of various transportation modes such as seaport/ship and rail as interconnected rather than isolated - and the need for significant investment in U.S. ports Post-Panamax, or post-Panama Canal expansion.
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