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LINER SHIPPING pact of liner alliances, Mr. Cordero said: “Going forward, we

BEYOND DEEPER DRAFT

The larger vessels pose challenges for ports, and the landside may have fewer port calls, but each port call may involve more infrastructures that link them to hinterlands. With economic signifcantly more container movements within the port termi- growth, TEU throughput will continue to grow. At the AAPA nals.” These comments jibe with results of a recent survey by confab, Mr. Mario Cordero, the former Chairman at the Federal Navis (part of Cargotec Corporation), a leading provider of

Maritime Commission (FMC), who recently became Executive Terminal Operating System (TOS) software, where 76% of

Director at the Port of Long Beach, provided some guideposts respondents listed “optimizing operations to improve produc- on anticipated growth. Referring to the San Pedro Bay port com- tivity” as their biggest challenge. plex (Long Beach and Los Angeles), Mr. Cordero pegged 2015 MLPro also spoke with FMC Commissioner William Doyle throughput at 15.4 million boxes, and then offered forecasts of regarding the challenges of mega-ships, and the reverberations 28.3 million and 41 million boxes for 2030 and 2040 respec- down the supply chain. He said, “Ocean carriers are building tively. He continued, “Moving forward, we need to focus on ef- larger ships and those larger ships are now coming to East and fciencies in the supply chain,” explaining that Los Angeles and Gulf coast ports as a result of the newly expanded Panama

Long Beach are working cooperatively on a supply chain opti- Canal. If you are a port and you want more business, the ocean mization project (after gaining FMC approval to do so, in 2015). carriers need the proper infrastructure to be in place. And that

Existing infrastructure is stretched. Commenting on the im- means the harbor and channels must be dredged, purchasing

The CMA CGM T.Roosevelt heads for Port Newark and to the Kill Van Kull before transiting under the newly raised Bayonne Bridge. In the foreground (L to R):

FMC Commissioner William Doyle, PANYNJ Port Director Molly Campbell, FMC

Commissioner Dan Maffei and Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano.

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