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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced they have approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan Update that sets out aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex — which is on pace for the busiest year ever.

The peak 2017 shipping season remains red hot, with nearly every major port reporting greater container traffic in September than a year ago.

Truck drivers took six fewer minutes to enter and exit the two large Southern California ports last month compared with September 2016, although one year ago, Hanjin Shipping rattled the supply chain when it abruptly shut its doors Aug. 31.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The average truck turn time at the nation’s two largest ports slowed one minute in August compared with last year, even while more containers flowed into the terminals this year.

The Port of Los Angeles’ Harbor Commissioners approved a 10-year labor agreement for infrastructure improvements at North America’s busiest containerport.

The average time it took a truck driver to enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach increased four minutes in July, the third consecutive month of year-over-year increases in what has become a record-setting peak shipping season.