Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to 'collaborate' on cargo

Two into one - the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach – ID 1455855 © Xavier Marchant | Dreamstime.com

To an outsider it is often difficult to know precisely where the port of Los Angeles ends and neighbouring Long Beach begins, so often does it look like one homogenous mass of terminals, and it comes as little surprise to see Logistics Management reporting that the two have signed an MoU that will  effectively turn San Pedro bay into one enormous container gateway. There is an emerging trend in the port industry for ports and terminals to ally and/or consolidate, ...