from leading industry associations
the amount of shipping time saved by BCOs using our on-dock rail in LA
per TEU for vessels at berth due to use of shore power and capture and control system
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Source: Food Logistics | September 30, 2020
The Port of Oakland is preparing to see a decrease in cargo for 2020, but believes its investment into new technology and equipment will carry future years.
Strategic initiatives and investment in operational improvements are the Port of Oakland’s solutions to post-pandemic business recovery and future growth. That is the message the Port’s maritime director delivered to the Pacific Trade Association at its Zoom meeting this month.
“We are determining our strategic initiatives right now,” said Port of Oakland maritime director Bryan Brandes. “We’re continuing to spend and invest a fair amount into Port facilities to ensure that we’re set up for the future.”
The Port of Oakland is considering an ‘only-port-of-call’ express service. It is also looking into focusing on rail within the western states, both short-haul, and into the U.S. interior as an opportunity for moving more cargo through the Port.
According to Brandes, the Port of Oakland is expecting a slight decrease in Oakland’s overall cargo volume in 2020 due to the pandemic but expects that to pick up in future years. Brandes is optimistic about Oakland’s maritime business and welcomed input from attendees as the Port continues to shape its strategy.
Fifteen transportation related infrastructure and software projects are being built in Oakland. Together they make up the Freight Intelligence Transportation System (FITS). “It’s a combined effort with the Alameda County Transportation Commission, the Port and the City,” said Brandes. “The new system will improve security, safety and the customer experience for those who are involved with the Port.”
A long-term project at the Port of Oakland is the redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base. The Seaport Logistics Complex (SLC) encompasses the Port’s part of the former base. CenterPoint Landing is the first construction project at the SLC. The 466,000-square-foot warehouse is on 27 acres and will soon be completed.
Three, new, huge container cranes are coming into Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) later this fall. These will be the tallest cranes Oakland has ever had at 442 feet as measured with the boom at rest, pointed skyward (301 feet at the apex). TraPac terminal operators at Oakland also have plans to either raise cranes or bring in new, bigger cranes next year, Brandes said.
Brandes highlighted the Port’s Seaport Air Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan, “This is the Port’s plan on how it’s going to sustainably grow its cargo business while at the same time be responsible to the surrounding communities regarding air quality, truck traffic control, and providing local jobs.”
The Port is continuing its negotiations with the Oakland A’s regarding a proposed baseball stadium at Howard Terminal. The project includes a residential development next to the stadium. It requires multiple approvals before it can be formally considered by the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners.
Port officials say they are committed to the growth of container cargo volume. If the ballpark project goes through, the Port plans to ensure that it does not impede maritime activities.
Brandes emphasized that the Port’s investment in its facilities is a clear sign that the Port will be improving its infrastructure in ways that support maritime growth in Oakland.
View original article here: https://www.foodlogistics.com/transportation/press-release/21196075/port-of-oakland-technology-creates-resiliency-for-port-of-oakland
Source: S&P Global Platts | September 30, 2020
At least two ships arriving at the Port of Los Angeles have been diverted to alternative terminals in response to infrastructure overload and equipment issues owing to the recent surge in trans-Pacific cargo volumes.
The Hyundai Bangkok and the Hyundai Splendor, set to arrive on the US West Coast in early October, will now berth at the Trapac and YTI terminals, respectively.
This was the most recent move made to reduce volume strains and “ease the current hectic terminal situation” at the Port of Los Angeles, said member of THE Alliance, ONE, in a notice to customers on Sept. 29.
The Port of Los Angeles posted a record high container volume in August as strong US demand for consumer goods sharply increased shipping rates.
The port has ongoing operational issues as a result of increased import demand on the trans-Pacific lane and equipment shortages throughout the Pacific Southwest.
Total throughput at the port in August was 961,833 twenty-foot equivalent units, up 12% from the same month last year, the port announced on Sept. 15.
THE Alliance, the smallest of the three container shipping alliances, has a combined capacity of 3.67 million TEUs. ONE is a member along with Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, and Yang Ming Marine.
View original article here: https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/shipping/092920-the-alliance-adds-terminal-changes-at-port-of-los-angeles-amid-cargo-surge
Source: Control Engineering | September 25, 2020
The TraPac San Pedro Bay facility in Los Angeles is the first automated container terminal in North America, bringing more goods through the same footprint, with faster truck turn times and a 90% reduction in emissions.
Containers at TraPac’s Los Angeles terminal now move in a highly choreographed dance between ships, trains and trucks, using hybrid automated straddle carriers (auto-strads). Courtesy: PI North America
Container terminals are vital links in the U.S. supply chain between manufacturers and consumers. The TraPac San Pedro Bay facility in Los Angeles shows how automation enabled terminal operators to move goods more quickly and efficiently, while doing more to protect the environment and workers.
The facility is the first automated container terminal in North America (see Figure 1). Automation bringing more goods through the same footprint than a manual facility, with faster truck turn times and a 90% reduction in emissions. The company also operates container terminals in Oakland, Calif., and Jacksonville, Fla.
The Los Angeles and Oakland terminals have a cargo capacity of 1.6MM TEUs and 650,000 TEUs, respectively, with volumes increasing. TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent unit, a measure of containerized cargo. Agricultural exports from the Midwest and imported goods from Pacific Rim countries transit through the terminal.
An investment toward automation
“We’ve invested in the future, using automation technologies to move cargo through the terminal quickly and safely, heighten security for personnel and cargo, minimize customer risk and delays, and reduce emissions,” said Mark Jensen, vice president for asset management at TraPac.
Containers at TraPac’s Los Angeles terminal now move in a highly choreographed dance between ships, trains and trucks, using hybrid automated straddle carriers (auto-strads) and electrical grid-powered automated stacking cranes (see Figure 2). The terminal was the first in California to implement many automated systems, including truck handling, on-dock (intermodal) rail and customs scanning.
By confining most container handling functions behind a secure fence, the operation is also safer, with many features designed to keep humans and machines separate, such as kiosks to protect truck drivers as automated equipment moves to load or unload their trucks. If a driver steps off the pressure sensor pad in the booth, automated equipment is immediately halted. These and other safety features were implemented through secure collaboration to aid large-scale remote operations.
Linking efficiency, safety with Profinet
A Profinet Ethernet network links the automated stacking cranes at the terminal and allows facility-wide programmable logic controller (PLC) monitoring of devices to maintain uptime and safety, while ProfiSafe is integrated into the access control for the automation system (see Figure 3). (ProfiSafe is an additional software layer that provides functional safety over the bus on top of existing Profibus and Profinet protocols.) The conveyor that moves containers through customs scanning also uses Profinet.
“The risk controls call for a deterministic automation network to provide for predictable heartbeat-type PLC monitoring from field devices that, in turn, allows other elements of the system to respond in a known time to both expected and emergency commands,” Jensen said. “For example, in the event of an access point being forcefully breached, the automation control system is able respond in sub-seconds, bringing our massive cranes and [automated straddle carriers] to a stop.”
The multi-protocol multi-vendor approach
Profinet and Profibus communications are deployed in two main ways at the terminal. “Profibus is the dominant protocol between the PLC and motion drives in the automated cranes,” Jensen said, “while Profinet is used extensively over the crane itself with both copper and fiber physical layers. Profinet also connects the automated stacking cranes, access control and the centralized controller PLCs. This across-facility communication to bring cranes and access control together also relies on a combination of copper and fiber physical layers.
“In the case of the across-facility communication application between PLC equipment nodes, this includes a lot of heartbeat-style monitoring by the PLCs to ensure a continuously connected fail-safe system, as well as grander automated interactions between the paired cranes on common rail runways within a crane block.”
The automated stacking cranes were the first to use a Profinet network at the facility. Modbus is used in a number of other applications, and intra-equipment systems deploy other fieldbuses, such as CANbus, CANopen and ASi. Wireless communications also link the automated straddle carriers and various portable devices, such as those used by union clerks for exception handling and for reefer monitoring by union mechanics.
“Throughout these communication arrangements, we are interfacing across many brands,” Jensen said. “Additionally, we maintain certain redundancies within our infrastructure to effectively manage scenarios that may create delays.”
On-dock rail uses Profinet for remote desk connection for exception handling. “Our intermodal yard cranes also interface with the infrastructure and systems through an orchestrated automated arrangement,” Jensen said. “As a company, we are continuing to improve and surpass challenges through equipment abilities and operational scenarios.”
Kalmar, a Finnish maker of material handling equipment for container and industrial applications, designed and manufactured the terminal’s automated systems.
A multi-stage transition
The TraPac terminal’s transformation from diesel-powered material handling equipment to automated grid-electric with hybrid machines was accomplished through a multi-stage project, allowing the terminal to keep operating on schedule throughout the transition.
The first phase, which began in 2012, saw the installation of the first auto-strads and the first four automated stacking crane blocks. This was followed between 2014 and 2018 by 11 more crane blocks and an increase in the auto-strad fleet.
The automated stacking cranes, which can stack containers up to five high and lift loads up to 41 tons, have enabled TraPac to stack containers more densely, freeing up space for the intermodal rail system, which also was brought online during this period. It’s the only fully automated, emissions-free on-dock U.S. rail yard.
The terminal now deploys 29 giant, rail-mounted gantry stacking cranes powered by grid electricity to move containers, replacing rubber-tired, diesel-powered cranes. Truck handling is a sub-feature of the automated stacking cranes.
“Although it does not exclusively rely on Profinet, the interface has been improved,” Jensen said. “With continued reliability, interfacing communication and behaviors have allowed better handling of containers for landside delivery. This is achieved by maintaining a driver on a pressure sensor in their respective kiosk box, allowing the crane to operate and safely handle the evolution at the landside transfer point.”
A cleaner ecosystem, faster motion control
“By being able to pack containers more densely, we’ve been able to better match yard capacity to berth capacity as well as reallocate space for intermodal operations,” Jensen said. “Before, we had to truck every container through local streets to the terminal. Now, with 30 percent of the collection and distribution moves completed by rail, street congestion and emissions have been reduced and containers are moved more quickly to rail hubs closer to the beneficial cargo owners.”
There has also been a huge reduction in emissions from over-the-road truckers in the vicinity of the terminal, according to Jensen. This is important because an average of 1,000 trucks move through the terminal during each shift, with nine shifts every week.
“A key difference in our automated terminal area is that we get the truckers to an automation area where they wait (engine off) while we collect or bring the containers to them as the case might be for either single or dual transactions. This way of working significantly reduces the truckers ‘engine on’ time within our terminal,” he said.
Emission control measures even extend to the ships that call at the port, with 100% of the vessels using alternative maritime power (AMP) or an equivalent technology to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gases. All of these advances have created a near-zero emissions ecosystem at the Los Angeles terminal, in keeping with California’s strict environmental requirements and TraPac’s goals for achieving a more efficient, safer and cleaner operation.
View original article here: https://www.controleng.com/articles/automated-container-terminal-streamlines-u-s-supply-chain/
Los Angeles, CA, July 8, 2020 – TraPac Los Angeles, a container terminal featuring state-of-the-art facilities and technologies at the Port of Los Angeles is Green Marine’s newest participant and the first terminal operator in California to join the voluntary environmental program for North America’s maritime industry.
With terminals in Los Angeles, Oakland and Jacksonville, TraPac LLC is a sustainability pioneer that already shares Green Marine’s focus on continuous improvement. TraPac’s Los Angeles terminal was the first North American container terminal to be fully automated and the first in the world to offer an automated on-dock rail facility. “Our automated cargo handling equipment reduces emissions of particulate matter and NOx by more than 99% and GHG emissions by over 90% per TEU when compared to competing terminals,” noted CEO Stephen Edwards.
“We are determined to continue improving our environmental performance, and participating in a rigorous and transparent environmental initiative such as Green Marine complements the sustainable development approach adopted by TraPac,” adds Edwards.
Green Marine is delighted to welcome a major sustainability leader within the industry. “TraPac’s commitment to the environment is exemplary,” stated David Bolduc, Green Marine’s executive director. “Having this champion of innovation as a participant will no doubt enhance Green Marine’s knowledge pool to continually improve maritime transportation’s overall sustainability.”
TraPac has implemented a number of programs and technologies at its Los Angeles terminal to mitigate vessel emissions, including automated straddle carriers – low-emission hybrid-electric vehicles that move containers between the waterside transfer area, container stacks, the U.S. Customs radiation scanner and the on-dock rail area. Alternative maritime power (AMP) and bonnet capture (a system for ships that are not equipped for shore power) permits every single vessel calling at TraPac to shut down its auxiliary engines while at berth to reduce pollutants, greenhouse gases and noise.
The Green Marine environmental program addresses a number of environmental priority issues through its 13 performance indicators, including greenhouse gases, air emissions, leak and spill prevention, waste management, and underwater noise. Some indicators apply to landside operations and others to shipping activities. The certification process is rigorous and transparent, with the results independently verified every two years and the individual performance of each participant made public annually.
About TraPac (Los Angeles)
Started in 1985, TraPac LLC is transforming the global shipping industry by making strategic investments in technology and services that provide unparalleled premium services to its customers. The innovations that TraPac is pioneering are setting new standards for efficiency, security, safety and environmental protection throughout the industry. TraPac’s Los Angeles terminal became the first facility on the U.S. West Coast to introduce the automation of loading/unloading operations.
About Green Marine
Founded in 2007, Green Marine’s North American environmental certification program is the result of a voluntary effort by the shipping industry to go beyond regulations. More than 145 ship owners, port authorities, terminal operators, and shipyard managers throughout Canada and the United States are participants. The Green Marine program’s unique character derives from the support it receives from environmental, scientific and government organizations. More than 75 supporters help to shape and revise the program. www.green-marine.org
We recognize this is a stressful and anxious time for many. So that is why we would like to say a special thank you to TraPac’s frontline heroes who have been working around the clock to ensure that our nation’s supply chain remains fully operational.
Meet TraPac’s Los Angeles, Oakland and Jacksonville operations team who have done the extraordinary job of keeping our terminals safe and functioning.
Anthony, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Victor, IT, Los Angeles
Ted, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Robert, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Olakeakua Ganade and Dani Young, Operations, Oakland
Mike, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Matteo, M&R, Los Angeles
Matt, Rail Operations, Los Angeles
Mark, M&R, Los Angeles
Marche, Vince and Ashok, Operations, Austin
Lewis, M&R, Los Angeles
Kevin, Yard Operations, Los Angeles
Jonathan Simmons, Operations, Jacksonville
John, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Danny, Yard Operations 2, Los Angeles
Cole, Automation Operations, Los Angeles
Chris, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Bill, Marine Operations, Los Angeles
Ben Smith, Operations, Jacksonville
Armando, Rail Operations, Los Angeles
Albert, Yard Operations, Los Angeles
Joe, Rail Operations, Los Angeles
Dylan, M&R, Los Angeles
Joshua, M&R, Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, Calif. – March 5, 2020 – TraPac, LLC (TraPac), which operates container terminals in the U.S. ports of Los Angeles, Oakland, and also manages a container terminal in Jacksonville has been awarded Most Improved and Fastest Terminal Awards at DrayTech 2020 presented by Harbor Trucking Association. TraPac ranked first in both the fastest terminal category and most improved category for Los Angeles.
To rate the seven marine terminals in the port of Los Angeles, the Harbor Trucking Association calculated terminal turn-time averages using third-party data provided by GeoStamp. GeoStamp collects data via API web services and a custom GeoStamp mobile application.
“We are very pleased to receive these awards from our partners at the Harbor Trucking Association,” said Stephen Edwards, CEO of TraPac LLC. “Our focus on continuous improvement helps us to meet our mission, which is to provide the fastest, most sustainable and efficient service to our partners. We are extremely proud of our employees for this accomplishment and appreciate their efforts to better serve our customers.”
Weston LaBar, chief executive of the Harbor Trucking Association said, “Our drivers increasingly enjoy doing business at TraPac. They can move their containers faster which allows them to make more money. TraPac is setting a new standard for efficiency and trucker engagement and we really appreciate that.” DrayTech 2020 is presented by Harbor Trucking Association in partnership with JOC.com.
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About TraPac, LLC
Headquartered in Wilmington, CA., TraPac was established in 1985 to operate a competitive container terminal featuring state-of-the-art technologies and facilities in the Port of Los Angeles. On the U.S. West Coast, TraPac opened the Los Angeles terminal in 1987 and a facility in Oakland in 1990. The Jacksonville terminal was opened in 2009, which is currently owned by TraPac Jacksonville LLC. TraPac manages the Jacksonville terminal on behalf of the owner. TraPac was among the first to make full use of information technology to boost terminal operating efficiency. www.trapac.com
About Harbor Trucking Association
Headquartered in Long Beach, CA., Harbor Trucking Association is a is a coalition of intermodal carriers serving America’s West Coast Ports:
Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma. The purpose is to advocate, educate and promote strategies with other goods movement stakeholders and policy makers that will sustain emission reductions, provide a dialog for intermodal truck efficiency, and to return cargo and jobs to America’s west coast ports.
Media Contact: Andrea Connolly, 310-513-7481 andrea.connolly@trapac.com
As our company continues to grow, so does our commitment to social responsibility and charitable causes. We truly understand the importance of giving back to our surrounding community, whether it be through environmental responsibility or charitable giving that extends beyond monetary donations.
TraPac is now a proud supporter of the FIRST(R) Robotics Competition (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). FIRST(R) is a charitable organization that immerses children in robotics education through competitions to design, build and program robots.
TraPac’s Partnership with FIRST:
We chose FIRST(R) because we think it’s important to give to causes that we are passionate about. Supporting our local youth through positive after school mentorship programs is also terrific and exciting way for very own talented employees to make a direct difference!
Our Goals:
Introducing Our Team:
Team 4201 The Vitruvian Bots!
The Vitruvian Bots are a local high school team based out of El Segundo, in Los Angeles that we are supporting through FIRST(R). The Bots are the winners of the 2019 FRC Houston World Championship for their robot named ‘Carbon’.
August 26, 2019, CBP Jacksonville announced the following new exam location
Shoreside Logistics
3700-7 Port Jacksonville Pkwy
Jacksonville, FL 32226
FIRMS code: LB20
SCAC: SQLO
EIN # 02-059570600
Emails:
bmorrison@shoresidelogistics.com
jleblanc@shoresidelogistics.com
Phone Nos.:
904-914-9189
904-914-9190