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Eric Watkins
Americas Correspondent
Eric Watkins is the Americas Correspondent for Lloyd’s List, covering container traffic in the Western Hemisphere. Based in Los Angeles, California, Eric covers the major container ports along the Pacific Coast and is familiar with the region’s transport system, including maritime, railroad and trucking.
Eric brings a global perspective to his work, having worked as a foreign correspondent in the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Africa and Europe. Now living on a bluff overlooking San Pedro Bay, Eric is well positioned to report on the global traffic that plies the seas to and from the Pacific gateways of North and South America.
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Latest From Eric Watkins
Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles sign agreement to improve market share
The new agreement between the two Southern California ports aims to reverse that decline, a point underscored by the directors of the two facilities
DP World acquires key terminal in Canada
SpaceX to build rocket ships in the Port of Los Angeles
Elon Musk — who owns SpaceX — hopes to achieve a construction rate of 100 Starships a year, with a goal of producing a total of 1,000 units over the course of the next decade
Maersk doubles its US warehouse holdings with $545m purchase
The deal accords with new directions outlined by Maersk chief executive Søren Skou late last year: ‘We need to grow in acquisitions on land warehouses and customs house clearing services’
Canadian shippers slam Trudeau over supply chain disruption
Disruptive protests began nearly two weeks ago after five hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation intensified their opposition to the construction of a $6.6bn natural gas pipeline across their land in British Columbia
Greens threaten closure of Canadian ports
Climate activists have blocked rail lines at six locations from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, threatening activity at the ports of Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax, as well ports to the south in the US