Port of Los Angeles

A former locomotive engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced to three years behind bars today for intentionally running a train at full speed off the tracks near the Navy hospital ship Mercy, claiming the vessel was docked at the port as part of a possible “government takeover.”

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday it will search all containers of a shipping company at the Port of Los Angeles after a fire revealed the cargo inside its containers was not what was described in the bill of lading. The Coast Guard also placed a hold on all containers from the shipper until they can prove that all of...

The multi-day celebration of our country’s Sea Services will take place over Memorial Day Weekend.

The Port of Los Angeles announced the launch of a Dairy Exports Working Group to identify and address supply chain disruptions affecting dairy exports from the U.S.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced Monday that implementation of a Container Dwell Fee on companies whose import containers linger at marine terminals will be delayed again, with it now potentially taking effect if necessary next Monday.

The Port of Los Angeles announced Thursday that it plans to implement a fee on ocean carriers with empty containers that linger for at least nine days on marine terminals.

NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia about the logjam at the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex. It remains a major issue, but there have been improvements. How long will it take before products on ships off our coast end up on trucks and then store shelves?

The DMV is offering more testing times for truckers. Gordon Tokumatsu reports Nov. 11, 2021.

The Biden administration rolled out plans on Tuesday to identify and pay for possible upgrades to U.S. ports within the next 90 days — hoping to ultimately tamp down the inflation being caused by ships waiting to dock and a shortage of truck drivers to haul goods.

Now that cruise operations at the Port of Los Angeles have resumed following a year-and-a-half pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the port announced Monday it expects more than 200 cruises to depart from its waterfront in 2022, the most since 2008.

In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials say they will start fining shipping companies whose cargo containers linger for too long at marine terminals. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach say arriving containers scheduled to be moved by trucks will be allowed to stay for nine days before fines start accruing....

Some neighbors say they’re trying to stop the truck traffic. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.

The back up at the Port of Los Angeles is now causing a new problem. Warehouses in Southern California are full. So shipping containers are piling up in nearby neighborhoods.

Residents in Wilmington are saying truckers are leaving shipping containers. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.

It has been said the Port of Los Angeles is the nation’s port, but the nation’s port has had tons of tankers sitting off the coast for weeks, waiting to be unloaded. It has taken action from President Joe Biden this week to get the huge backup at the port moving. NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with Gene Seroka, Executive Director of...

The backlog problem at the Port of Los Angeles is so big that President Joe Biden had to get involved. Why? What are the Washington implications? NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with Chuck Todd of Meet the Press.

The U.S. Coast Guard is now taking a closer look at a ship that may be linked to the Huntington Beach oil spill.

The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board marine casualty investigators boarded a container ship that they determined was involved in an “anchor-dragging incident” during a heavy weather event that impacted the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in January.

The White House says it’s helped broker an agreement for the Port of Los Angeles to become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation