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Noel Hacegaba’s Bullish Vision: New CEO Outlines the Port of Long Beach’s Future
In this VX News interview, Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba discusses how the Port is adapting to shifting global trade patterns and supply chain disruptions. With manufacturing flows increasingly moving from China toward Southeast Asia, Hacegaba outlines the port’s $3.2 billion infrastructure investment over the next 10 years, including the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility designed to triple rail capacity and accelerate cargo movement across the nation.
Gene Seroka Opines on Tariffs, Trade Disruption, & POLA’s Zero-Emissions Future
VX News checked in with Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, to illuminate how tariff uncertainty is reshaping global trade flows—and the cascading effects these disruptions are having on American workers, consumers, and supply chains.
Economic Impact of the Port of Long Beach & Effects of Tariff Uncertainties
VX News excerpts a May 12 press conference on the Port of Long Beach’s far-reaching economic benefits as well as the drastic and immediate impacts uncertain US tariff policies are having on port operations and the logistics industry and anticipated supply chain disruptions absent stable, certain and long-term US trade strategy.