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Expanding without taking up more space
| 题名： | Expanding without taking up more space |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | PETER TIRSCHWELL |
| 作者单位： | S&P Global |
| 摘要： | A little-noticed piece of news out of Southern California in late-May spoke to the challenge faced by ports worldwide in fostering the efficient movement of freight across their ecosystems. On 25 May, a multibillion-dollar plan 17 years in the making to widen more than 30 km of one of the main highways leading to and from the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex-the largest in the Western Hemisphere, was officially scrapped. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which had spent $60 million studying the expansion, acknowledged that it must find ways to reduce truck traffic and the health impact on local communities without physically expanding the roadway. Though the decision was unique in affecting only one port complex, many ports around the world surely can relate to the challenge now faced by the adjacent Los Angeles and Long Beach ports together with the surrounding region to effectively manage a growing flow of cargo in the face of static or slowly expanding infrastructure. For those ports and many others, this is reality. Why is automating cargo handling a major issue in current negotiations between West Coast dockwork-ers and employers? This is because terminal operators acknowledge that urban ports can no longer be physically expanded and therefore must densify their operations, which requires automation. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Ports & harbors |
| 卷： | 67 |
| 期： | 4 |
| 页码： | 21-21 |
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