SEAPORTS TO GAIN IN CARGO DISPUTE.Byline: RICK ORLOV Orlov (Орлรณв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Staff Writer Ending a two-year dispute with rail lines, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Wednesday approved a settlement over cargo payments that
could bring in an extra $4 million at Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Long Beach ports.
Burlington Northern and Union Pacific will pay the Alameda Corridor The Alameda Corridor is a 20 mile (32 km) freight rail "expressway"[1] owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (AAR reporting marks ATAX Transportation Authority for cargo that is offloaded at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports and reloaded onto rail containers. The authority is a joint-powers agency of the two cities and their ports. A transportation official is also on the authority board. ``This is a big deal for the authority and the Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA ,'' said L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn Janice Hahn is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 15th district. Hahn was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005, running unopposed. The 15th District encompasses the Los Angeles communities of Watts, Wilmington, Harbor Gateway, Harbor City, Athens on the , who chairs the authority this year. ``What it means is the authority will be getting some extra money. More importantly, it means we will not have to tap into the Port of Los Angeles funds to make up any losses.'' Hahn said the dispute involved payments for transloading goods taken from ships and put into new containers for rail shipments. It is a relatively new issue that surfaced after the Alameda Corridor was completed, authority spokesman Jeff Lustgarten said. ``In the past, the containers would be transloaded in the Midwest or in other parts of the country,'' Lustgarten said. ``With more and more of that work being done here, the authority was not getting what it should have been paid.'' rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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