The Port of Los Angeles is attempting to find the balance between keeping the supply chain moving without eliminating jobs.
In June, 876,611 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units were moved, the best June in the port’s 115-year history. Matching last year’s record setting pace, the port has handled over 5.4 million TEUs as of June 2022.
“For the younger folks coming in, they want to know they have a career to move into as well for years and years to come,” Port of LA executive director Gene Seroka said. “Throughout this entire time of the surge and cargo volume, we’ve brought more longshore members onto the docks to work all this cargo. So we’ve got to find that true balance between the investment in the next generation technology and making sure our workers not only advanced, but flourish in that environment.”