Port of Long Beach sets annual container throughput record
'I want to thank our frontline workers on the docks who kept cargo moving during this unprecedented moment in history, ensuring the safe, secure and timely delivery of vital medical equipment and consumer goods' — port executive director Mario Cordero
Cordero issues appeal for Covid-19 vaccine to be distributed immediately to longshore and other waterfront workers in the US, noting that ‘these essential workers have kept this country’s supply chain functioning since Day One of the pandemic, and they are at high risk’