The port of Los Angeles is headed toward automation, like it or not


In a letter Monday to Garcetti and the Los Angeles City Council, Maersk, the global shipping giant, announced it will move ahead with introducing driverless cargo carriers at its port terminal, the nation’s largest, regardless of the outcome of a City Council vote on the project scheduled for Friday.



Thousands of dockworkers at the Port of Los Angeles could be put out of work as Danish shipping giant Maersk moves to automate its operations at the terminal against the wishes of local unions and politicians.

In a letter explaining the decision, APM Terminals, the Maersk subsidiary that operates the port, writes, “[Maersk] has the undisputed right under its lease and its collective bargaining agreement to introduce automated technology of this sort and does not require any permit or any other port, city or state approval.”

The operator is planning to replace its diesel-fueled operations with 130 electric automated cargo carriers that will run 24 hours per day, The Los Angeles Times reports. 

According to The Los Angeles Times, the ports not only handle 35% of U.S. imports, but are also the single-largest source of air pollution in Southern California, with economic trends projecting massive growth in terms of container volume over coming decades. 

... Antonio Pacheco via Archinect - News http://bit.ly/2NzJIjF

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