When Long Beach Container Terminal President Anthony Otto and his planning team set out to design what, in less than 10 years, will be the most automated and efficient container terminal in the U.S., they turned to those who would know best.
OOCL has had extensive discussions with the ILWU, Otto said. The union knows Middle Harbor is taking labor with it into a new era. “We have a training plan and budget to make the transition and define what jobs
will be available in the future,” he said. The longshoremen at Middle Harbor “will be the most highly trained blue-collar work force in the country.”Automated U.S. terminals of the future will be built on the European model.
