JOC Sailings Collaborates With The Port Los Angeles to Launch Custom Online Gateway

By Joc Sailings, PRNE
Thursday, August 19, 2010

The Port of Los Angeles' customized micro-site extends the breadth and depth of key regional information for the cargo shipping industry

NEWARK, New Jersey, August 20, 2010 - JOC Sailings (www.jocsailings.com) a division of United Business
Media Global Trade (UBM GT) is a leader in providing point-to-point sailing
schedules and business news for the maritime industry and is proud to
announce the launch of The Port of Los Angeles (
www.jocsailings.com/JOCPorts/PortofLosAngeles.aspx) custom micro-site
- an online resource for critical and timely information in relationship to
doing business within this key region.

"We're happy to be working with The Port of Los Angeles in their efforts
to enhance their web presence and to reach a global audience. Their
micro-site on jocsailings.com will be viewed and utilized by a qualified
audience of ocean shipping professionals that has taken decades to build and
maintain. By providing them with this additional resource we have thoroughly
increased the value of the website," said Ray Venturino, VP Global Seaports
of JOC Sailings.

The Port of Los Angeles micro-site (
www.jocsailings.com/JOCPorts/PortofLosAngeles.aspx) provides NVOCC's,
3PLs, freight forwarders, BCO's and anyone involved in the cargo
transportation industry with a global sailing schedule module that
accurately, displays sailing schedules departing from or arriving to the
port. Searches may be performed by region, country and port names. Results
are generated displaying carrier names, vessels, voyage numbers, departure
and arrival dates.

The micro-site also includes access to a port guide, statistics
including: Top Trading Partners, Top Trading Routes, Top Containerized
Imports (in TEU's), Top Containerized Exports (in TEU's), terminal
descriptions and a jobs portfolio that will inform the industry-at-large of
the many services available at the port. Direct links to container terminal
facilities are also available supplying mode of operation, height, berths and
other terminal features.

About JOC Sailings

JOC Sailings, a division of The Journal of Commerce, is a proprietary
global sailing schedules database and industry news resource for
professionals involved in the ocean transportation industry.
JOCSailings.com's state-of-the-art search engine provides access to worldwide
shipping schedules and related news on carrier rates, port developments and
regulatory issues that affect containerized cargo and ocean transportation
industry. For high-profile targeted advertising, enewsletter subscriptions
and more information, please visit www.jocsailings.com.

About The Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles is America's premier port and has a strong
commitment to developing innovative strategic and sustainable operations that
benefit the economy as well as the quality of life for the region and the
nation it serves. As the leading seaport in North America in terms of
shipping container volume and cargo value, the Port generates 919,000
regional jobs and $39.1 billion in annual wages and tax revenues. A
proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles, the Port is
self-supporting and does not receive taxpayer dollars. For more information,
visit www.portoflosangeles.org or call +1-310-732-0430.

About UBM Global Trade

UBM Global Trade is the leading provider of proprietary data, news,
business intelligence and analytical content supporting commercial maritime,
rail, trucking, warehousing and logistics industries worldwide. The company's
portfolio of more than 100 online, print and interactive workflow business
solutions includes The Journal of Commerce, Breakbulk, RailResource, PIERS
Global Intelligence Solutions and an array of international trade and
transportation databases and directories. UBM Global Trade, a subsidiary of
United Business Media Limited, is headquartered in Newark, NJ, with offices
throughout the United States. For more information, explore
www.ubmglobaltrade.com or call 800-223-0243 (+1-973-848-7250 outside
the U.S. or Canada).

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information
distribution, targeting and monitoring, and the development and monetization
of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve
professional commercial communities — from doctors to game developers, from
journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists — with
integrated events, online, print and business information products. The 6,500
staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve
these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do
business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more
information, go to www.ubm.com.

Ray Venturino, Vice President Global Seaports, The Journal of Commerce, +1-973-848-7207, rventurino at joc.com

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