Port of Long Beach Director Provides Update on the State of the Port and Ocean Cargo Sector
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Mario Cordero, Executive Director at the Port of Long Beach (POLB).
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Port of Long Beach Director Provides Update on the State of the Port and Ocean Cargo Sector Recording Date
March 24, 2021 Duration
00:25:10 hrs/min/sec
During this podcast, Cordero provided a detailed overview of how POLB has navigated the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the strong state of volumes at the port and the recently completed Peak Season.
Other topics covered of the course of this podcast included: how to augment export growth, modal cooperation, and ocean cargo policy, among others.
Mario Cordero was was appointed to his position by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners in 2017. Starting in 2003, he served as a member, vice president and president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners for eight years, before resigning to accept President Barack Obama’s appointment to the Federal Maritime Commission in 2011 and was the FMC’s Chairman, from April 2013 to January 2017 and was appointed as POLB Executive Director in May 2017.
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