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COSCO Launches Ships To jandle Trade Increase

Containership Lu IJe sailed into thd Port of Long Beach, marking

China^ entry into the era of mega- ships. China Ocean Shipping

Company (COSCO) will have six of the large vessels calling at Pacific

Container Terminal (PCT) by the end of the year. The new ships will help handle the recent rise in U.S.-

Chinese trade. Long Beach cur- rently handles more than 25 per- cent of all U.S.-Siiio trade, accounting for approximately $15 billion in two-way trade. "The development of the new, large ships will certainly help in strengthening links between

China and the U.S. and especially

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To accommodate this j increase, the Port and PCT parent company

Stevedoring Services of America worked together to extend the booms on three container cranes at the terminal/ The improvements reportedly allow the cranes to reach across 16-container-wide ships. In addition, the Port is planning the construction of a 145- acre, $200 million, terminal for

COSCO. The facility would be the company's first dedicated terminal in the U.S., and would be located on the site of the ftfrmer Long

Beach Naval Station. This propos- al, however, is being' hotly protest- ed by a number of citizens' groups in Long Beach who believe that the area should be set aside for public use. I

The new terminal will have a 2,500-ft. wharf and berth depths of 50 ft. Six new' cranes will reach across 18 to 20 rows.,of containers, and a dockside rail yard will han- dle COSCO's intermodal ship- ments. The terminal is reportedly expected to open next year.

USS Enterprise Returns To

NNS For Maintenance Work

USS Enterprise is shown arriving at I six-month maintenance period. ^JS for a

Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise recently returned t

News Shipbuildings fNNS) for a six-month maintenance contract valued at approximately $70 mil- lion. The NNS-built ship arrived on February 13 for Extended