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PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE
 Bulk & Breakbulk: Smaller ports look at cargo diversification
West Coast ports are awaiting the fallout of China’s financial crisis, which saw the Asian country’s imports fall by 14.3 percent in August compared to a year ago while exports fell by 6.1 percent. This has already affected a number of West Coast ports, with the import of raw materials by the Asian country becoming a major concern.
A noticeable drop in the export of grain and logs has also taken place, and potential investors in coal export facilities are probably thanking environmental groups for slowing the development …MORE
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 Willard Marine Gets Research Vessel Contract
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Anaheim-based boat builder Willard Marine has been awarded a contract by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to produce a 20-foot rigid hull inflatable boat for the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center to facilitate their fisheries and marine mammal research in the Pacific region. (Read full article)
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Pollution-Scrubbing Tech Approved
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The California Air Resources Board has approved a new technology by an LA-area company that uses specialized barges that connect to the exhaust ports of container ships to scrub pollution. (Read full article)
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Puget Sound Container Volumes Trend Upward
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By Mark Edward Nero
Container volumes through the Northwest Seaport Alliance, i.e. the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma, improved five percent through the third quarter of 2015, according to recently released data. (Read full article)
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POLB Official Addresses Congressional Committee
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By Mark Edward Nero
Federal officials should forge a comprehensive strategy to defend the nation’s ports from cyber attacks, Port of Long Beach Security Services Director Randy Parsons told a US House of Representatives committee in testimony earlier this month. (Read full article)
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