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Delivering Expedited RTG Crane Training Given the demands associated with the historic wave of cargo volumes, PMA negotiated agreements with Local 13 to train a total of 250 workers to operate rubber-tire gantry (RTG) cranes. Unlike larger ship-to-shore cranes that service vessels, RTG cranes service and deliver containers to trucks, a significant need throughout the supply chain backlogs. The expedited RTG crane training helped address container yard congestion, a key choke-point at the ports. Creating, Expanding Standardized Foremen Promotion Process PMA worked with Local 94 to create a new hiring process for foremen. Under the new process, longshoremen receiving promotions to foreman at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach had to have worked full-time each year for the last 10 years, as well as pass written and oral exams. The new framework is meant to be a more consistent, streamlined process to ensure the pool of probationary foremen is consistently strong coastwide. New Vessel Queuing Process Introduced at Ports of LA, Long Beach In November, PMA joined a working group of maritime industry leaders to introduce plans to improve safety and air quality off the Southern California coast through a new container vessel queuing process. Developed by PMA, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, and Marine Exchange of Southern California, the updated process called for each vessel to be assigned a place in the queue based on a calculated time of arrival that factored the ship's departure time, and distance from their last port of call. The updated system required vessels to wait for an available berth approximately 150 miles away from land. This reduced emissions near the coast and created safer conditions as vessels slowed down and spread out. Within weeks, the new process dramatically reduced the number of backlogged ships at anchorage off the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Metro Ports welcomes a second, ultra-low emissions Tier 4 locomotive engine at the Port of Long Beach. 2021 | THE YEAR IN REVIEW Operations at the Port of Long Beach. 27 27 PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATION

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