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"I want to declare 2020 the year of collaboration," saidMario Cordero, executive director at thePort of Long Beach, during the annual State of thePort event. Last year, cargo volumes at the Port of Long Beach fellcompared to 2018 as a result of political acrimony with China. Thisyear, to push past obstacles, the port is leaning on its labor andtenants.

"At the end of the day, we need to be ready for whatever maycome. We need to compete; we need to innovate; we need to lead; andmost of all, we need to collaborate," said Cordero.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.