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With more than 3,000 loads of food, supplies and other cargo on its terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and more on the way, executives with said on September 25 the key to providing relief to citizens impacted by Hurricane Maria will be expediting local transportation and distribution of the cargo. “We want to get goods


to people as quickly and efficiently as possible, and to do that we need our customers to work with their truckers to


take delivery of their cargo,” said Jose “Pache” Ayala, vice president, Puerto Rico services. “Once that begins to happen with greater frequency, we will need customers to unload and return empty containers so that we can bring more cargo to the island, which is suffering and in great need of life’s necessities.” “The road to recovery starts


with people making personal sacrifices for the greater good,” Ayala said. “Just as many of our employees have stepped


up to unload vessels under difficult circumstances, we are hopeful that shippers and their truckers will act quickly to help get cargo to the people who need it most.” Working with a variety


of governmental agencies, Crowley has already taken bookings for more than 2,700 container loads of relief cargo to be delivered to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Croix. Many of these loads have been delivered, are in transport, or will be readied for transport in


Delta to the rescue


Delta proudly supports the communities where the company’s 80,000 employees live, work and serve. That commitment grows even stronger when those communities are thrown into crisis. Such


has been the case


with three massive hurricanes devastating Houston and the Gulf coast; much of Florida; and islands across the Caribbean; and multiple earthquakes smashing Mexican homes and cities. In response, Delta Air Lines, Cargo division,


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Foundation and the company’s employees have mobilized like never before: partnering with the American Red Cross and other experienced non-profits, contributing $3.75 million, operating relief flights filled with thousands of pounds of water, generators, baby food and other supplies; and adding dozens of flights to evacuate tens of thousands of people to safety.


Financially, Delta generally


provides aid through contributions to non-profit agencies such as the American Red Cross who are on the ground and best know the needs of the affected communities. Delta has


Delta operated two relief


flights to the Houston airports aſter Hurricane Harvey caused historic flooding across southeast Texas. A 737 delivered cots, clothing,


fresh and non-perishable foods, paper goods,


the coming days. To handle the influx of cargo,


Crowley’s logistics group has secured additional warehouse space in Puerto Rico to help process and


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Crowley says on-island distribution key to getting relief supplies to PR


Crowley has also secured expedite


delivery of needed supplies. On September 25, the logistics team dispatched 50 relief trucks to deliver relief supplies at various distribution centers around the island. These containers will be unloaded immediately and returned to Crowley for use in bringing more supplies to residents.


for international routes - to help evacuate thousands of people before Hurricane Irma hit. In all, Delta added more than 12,000 seats departing Florida and the Caribbean in the days before Irma hit. Before Hurricane Irma hit


Puerto Rico, Delta operated the last flight in and out of the island, evacuating 173 customers when other airlines had abandoned attempts to fly into San Juan. Six Delta humanitarian flights


flew to Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, St. Thomas and St. Maarten, carrying Red


Cross


staff, volunteers and hundreds of thousands of pounds of supplies including water, satellite phones, batteries, phone chargers and non-perishable food. On September 26, Delta


partnered with the Red Cross since 1941 when it operated its first relief flight carrying blood for the aid group. Delta Cargo ships supplies when circumstances indicate that’s the best approach.


personal hygiene items, water and hot meals. Delta added dozens of flights


on upsized aircraſt to Florida and the Caribbean – as large as the Boeing 747, mostly reserved


operated three flights containing 33,000 pounds of water, generators, blood, food and other supplies to help people stuck at the San Juan airport and elsewhere in Puerto Rico. Delta’s Cargo team is also coordinating delivery of supplies to Puerto Rico donated by Delta business partners.


additional vessels to handle government and commercial cargo. Five new container deck barges with a combined capacity of more than 3,800 TEUs have been


placed


into service along with accompanying tugboats to tow them. They, along with Crowley’s existing vessel fleet, will operate continuously without a set schedule to get as much cargo to the island as quickly as possible and as many empty containers out of


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the island so that they can be returned with full loads. Much of the relief cargo is being funneled through Jacksonville, where the company’s logistics unit is taking cargo out of over-the- road trailers and transferring it to ocean containers prior to being loaded on a vessel. Crowley, which has about


300 Puerto Rico employees, has served the Puerto Rico market since 1954, longer than any other Jones Act carrier in the trade.


Port of LA approves 10-year PLA


A 10-year agreement that ensures quality and timely construction of facilities and large-scale infrastructure projects at the Port of Los Angeles won unanimous approval from the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. The port-wide Project Labor


Agreement (PLA) between the Port and the Los Angeles/ Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council also reinvests in the local economy. The agreement requires nearly a third of the well-paying jobs and apprenticeships generated by most major Port construction projects go to residents of


the harbor


area and high-unemployment communities within the City of Los Angeles. The PLA covers an initial list


of 38 planned and proposed infrastructure projects representing an investment of about $780 million in wharf improvements, rail enhancements, shore power upgrades, marine


oil terminal modernization and waterfront projects. The port expects to add more projects over the life of the agreement. Under the prior agreement,


the port completed 20 major construction projects on time and within budget and is on track to do the same with six remaining projects. The list represents a total investment of nearly $848 million and includes the Berth 200 Rail Yard, TraPac Container Terminal Project, the South Wilmington Grade Separation, and waterfront improvements. “Skilled workers and apprentices


from our own communities provided approximately one third of labor to build these projects,” said Port Executive Director Gene Seroka. “We’re eager to keep that momentum going so the Port of Los Angeles remains a modern, competitive and sustainable gateway


that strengthens our


communities while powering the nation’s economy.”


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