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Regional Report: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Staying nimble amid a dynamic, fast-paced environment was the key to success in 2021. PMA helped deliver vaccines and mobile COVID-19 testing to longshore workers, implement new training systems, and update the vessel queuing process, while working with member companies, the ILWU, government leaders, and other stakeholders to address relentless waves of cargo. West Coast Ports Expanded Workforce to Respond to Historic Cargo Volumes Since Q2 of 2020, U.S. West Coast ports have handled extraordinarily high cargo volumes, particularly at the nation's largest maritime gateway, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Between April 2020 and August 2021, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach nearly doubled their monthly TEU volumes, to 1.76 million TEUs. A strong partnership between PMA and the ILWU helped increase the number of registered longshore workers (637), new mechanics (99), and marine clerks (125), providing training for high-skilled jobs to help process the record cargo levels. Efforts to Expedite Vaccines for Longshore Workers Working with the ports, government officials, and the ILWU, PMA joined a coordinated effort to vaccinate longshore workers in early 2021 to help keep workers safe and terminals operating. These unified efforts helped deliver longshore workers expedited access to the vaccines to help ensure safety at the ports. A longshoreman works at Fenix Marine Services at the Port of Los Angeles. Operations at Total Terminals International at the Port of Long Beach. Containers stacked high at TraPac terminal at the Port of Los Angeles. 26 26 2021 ANNUAL REPORT