Another $4.6 million will go toward six terminals within the Port of Long Beach, as well as the city’s Port Police Division and the Long Beach Fire Department.
Seattle-based Basel Action Network sounded the alarm that more than 800 tons of electric arc furnace dust were being illegally transported after the group received a tipoff.
The issue of automation at ports – both in terms of physical equipment and data management – remains at the heart of disagreements between the two sides.
While Freeports disappeared in Britain almost a decade ago, they were revived by consecutive Conservative Party administrations in the aftermath of Brexit.