March 13th - On March 28, the Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) at California State University, Long Beach will host our 2012 Point/Counterpoint event. Point/ Counterpoint is an educational forum where experts discuss different perspectives on an issue of importance to the goods movement industry.

This year’s topic is “The Future of Southern California Goods Movement: Will We Survive or Thrive in 2025?” Container volumes at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are projected to significantly increase by 2025. In 2011, the ports moved approximately 14 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Experts predict that the number of containers handled in 2025 will be 25 million. The question on the table is this: are we ready or not to accommodate the projected growth?