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  • Prosecutors: Engineer deliberately ran train off tracks in attempt to smash the USNS Mercy

    04/01/2020 4:41:10 PM PDT · by Brown Deer · 105 replies
    Eyewitness News ^ | 4/1/2020 | ABC7.com staff
    SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles in an attempt to crash into and damage the USNS Mercy hospital ship, prosecutors say. The Pacific Harbor Line train derailed Tuesday, running through the end of the track and crashing through barriers, finally coming to rest about 250 yards from the docked naval ship. Federal prosecutors allege train engineer Eduardo Moreno, 44, of San Pedro intended to hit the ship, saying he thought it was "suspicious" and did not believe "the ship is what they...
  • Port of Los Angeles prepares to cancel its controversial Chinese X-ray contract

    02/04/2009 6:55:07 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 6 replies · 943+ views
    Nearly seven months after taking delivery of a mobile X-ray system manufactured in the People's Republic of China, the Port of Los Angeles is on the verge of canceling the controversial contract. The staff at the port has recommended that the Board of Harbor Commissioners find DULY Research, Inc., the California-based broker who represents the Chinese manufacturer, in default of the terms of the contract, when it next meets on Feb. 5. "Cancellation of the purchase contract is recommended because after delivery of the mobile scanning unit to the Port of Los Angeles on July 8, 2008, field tests and...
  • Stowaways caught in LA

    12/31/2008 3:46:01 PM PST · by Cindy · 12 replies · 581+ views
    The JOURNAL of COMMERCE ONLINE ^ | Updated December 30, 2008 10:04:03 AM | n/a
    SNIPPET: "Two stowaways onboard a container ship were apprehended at the Port of Los Angeles." SNIPPET: "The Coast Guard had been notified that two stowaways were discovered on the LA-bound container ship Zenit during an earlier port call. The stowaways were reported to be Nigerian nationals"
  • Hillary still hell bent on "pausing" UAE port deal (Summary of Senate Briefing by CFIUS)

    02/23/2006 8:48:53 PM PST · by bobsunshine · 3 replies · 249+ views
    Sea2Sea ^ | February 23, 2006 | MataHarley
    After a 2.5 hour briefing to the Senate Armed Servicess Committee today by CFIUS representatives from various Departments on the facts and details of the UAE port acquisitiong from P&O, Sen Clinton (who will no doubt have company in this) will still introduce legislation bent on stopping the port sale until there is an additional 45 day investigation into potential security risks. CFIUS members, including Robert Kimmitt (Dep Treasure Sec'y), Michael Jackson (Dept DHS Sec'y), Radm Gilour (Asst. Commandant for Prevention), Jayson Ahern (Asst. Commissioner, Customs & Border Protection) were among the plethora of experts willing and able to answer...
  • Explosion Rocks Southland Port (Los Angeles, CA)

    04/28/2004 9:49:17 PM PDT · by TERMINATTOR · 34 replies · 389+ views
    KNBC-TV ^ | April 28, 2004
    7:53 p.m. PDT April 28, 2004 - There was an explosion at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday. A container that was labeled "freight of all kinds," and supposed to contain housewares blew up. The container exploded as it was being moved from a truck to a dock. The truck driver was not hurt. Longshoreman say containers labeled "freight of all kinds" can mean anything.
  • ABC Investigated over Uranium Smuggling Report

    09/11/2003 12:04:17 PM PDT · by BluH2o · 13 replies · 198+ views
    CNN.com via Google | September 11, 2003. | Kelli Arena, Kevin Bohn, Terry Frieden and Jeanne Meserve contributed to the report.
    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Justice Department is considering whether to bring charges against two ABC News employees who smuggled depleted uranium into the United States as part of a report on port security, government sources said. The network said Thursday that its employees had done nothing illegal. Federal authorities recovered a shipment of about 15 pounds of harmless material within an hour of its arrival at the port of Los Angeles, California, the sources said. ABC said two producers packed the depleted uranium into a suitcase sent to Los Angeles aboard a container ship from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta....
  • 2 firms to jointly run terminal (China Ocean Shipping Co and Yang Ming)

    06/13/2003 8:24:27 PM PDT · by AnimalLover · 24 replies · 796+ views
    Daily Breeze ^ | June 13, 2003 | By David Zahniser
    PORT OF L.A.: Pact between China Shipping and Yang Ming compels closer scrutiny in enforcing settlement China Shipping and the shipping company Yang Ming have agreed to jointly run a terminal at the Port of Los Angeles, forcing port officials to come up with ways of ensuring that a recently approved court settlement is still enforced. Three months after a landmark settlement of an environmental lawsuit allowed the port to complete a terminal at Berth 100, China Shipping still has not moved into the space. Harbor officials said they are still in talks with both China Shipping and Yang Ming...
  • Chinese in at Port of Los Angeles

    03/06/2003 11:01:34 PM PST · by AnimalLover · 45 replies · 987+ views
    QUESTION: If the Chinese were denied use of the old Naval Shipyard at the Port of Los Angeles due to security reasons, why are they taking over the old Todd Shipyard a short distance away? I have tried for over a year and no one can or will answer this for me. Can anyone help me?
  • Project will speed cargo : Alameda Corridor for LA Harbor (California )

    04/07/2002 6:59:30 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 2 replies · 226+ views
    The Long Beach Press Telegram ^ | Sunday, April 7, 2002 | Mark Edward Nero
    It's quite simply one of the most massive and ambitious transportation projects in Southern California in decades. It cost $2.4 billion and took hundreds of workers five years to construct. • Project will speed cargo • Grand Prix thunder approaches • Elections: All eyes spy Tuesday's prizes • Homebuyers pray for interest break • Deputies shoot Norwalk suspect • Cirque du Soleil run triumphs • Bellflower man gives deputies a hand • Dads, daughters party at Lakewood 'Date Night' It involves the use of a million cubic yards of concrete, 150 million pounds of rebar and 2,200 concrete struts,...