Long beach starts development of 'green' features to clean air.

The Port of Long Beach is preparing for more growth despite the US-China trade row through heavy investment in reducing its environmental footprint, after having its busiest year on record in 2018 when throughput totalled eight million TEU.

Port leaders say that the tensions between Donald Trump's administration and Beijing were partly responsible for the boost: American importers front-loaded shipments from China in order to bring goods into the country early, ahead of an expected round of tariffs, reported Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.

However, the trajectory of the...