International Transportation Service
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International Transportation Service (ITS) is an American container terminal
company that deals with the receipt and shipment of containerized cargo in domestic and foreign trade. ITS is owned by K Line
.
ITS was founded in 1971 and is located at the Port of Long Beach
in Long Beach, California
.
The Green Port Policy was adopted by ITS in 2006 to reduce pollution in Long Beach and Los Angeles.
ITS clients include COSCO Container Lines, Hamburg Sud
, Hanjin Shipping
, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Maersk Line, U.S. Lines and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation.
Container terminal
A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks, in which case the terminal is described as a maritime...
company that deals with the receipt and shipment of containerized cargo in domestic and foreign trade. ITS is owned by K Line
K Line
, also referred to as "K" Line, is a very large Japanese shipping company. It owns and/or controls large cargo ships, including dry cargo ships, container ships, container terminals, gas carriers, RoRo ships and tankers....
.
ITS was founded in 1971 and is located at the Port of Long Beach
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach, also known as Long Beach’s Harbor Department, is the 2nd busiest container port in the USA. It adjoins the separate Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for U.S.-Asian trade, the port occupies of land with of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California...
in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
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The Green Port Policy was adopted by ITS in 2006 to reduce pollution in Long Beach and Los Angeles.
ITS clients include COSCO Container Lines, Hamburg Sud
Hamburg Süd
Hamburg Süd is one of the key carriers on the North-South trade routes by ocean transportation. It is part of the Oetker Group, a family-owned German conglomerate.-History:...
, Hanjin Shipping
Hanjin Shipping
Hanjin Shipping, Global Shipping & Logistics CompanyHanjin Shipping is Korea's largest and one of the world’s top ten container carriers that operates some 60 liner and tramper services around the globe transporting over 100 million tons of cargo annually...
, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., Maersk Line, U.S. Lines and Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation.