Lee Peterson, Media Relations Specialist, for the Port of Long Beach gave a very informative talk regarding the 2nd largest port in the U.S. Lee has been with the POLB for five years. Prior to that he was in the newspaper business with the Daily Breeze and other newspapers. He is a native Californian who grew up in Thousand Oaks and attended CSULB.
Combined with the neighboring Port of Los Angeles (the port of LA is about 20% larger than Long Beach) they are the largest U.S. port and rank eighth in the world. The two ports work together on security and environmental issues. The POLB is governed by the Harbor Commission. This landlord seaport produces its' own revenues and is not a burden on the tax payers. A major factor on the local economy the POLB effects one in every eight jobs.
What sets the Port of Long Beach apart...
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 The Port of Long Beach is served by more than 140 shipping lines with connections to 217 seaports worldwide. Once here, nearly half of all the cargo is moved by rail to the rest of the country, much of it loaded right on dock. The rest doesn't have to travel far. The Port of Long Beach is right in the heart of the most populous region in the Western U.S. Click 'more' for statistics.
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 The Port of Long Beach is part of the biggest port complex in the United States and the second busiest seaport in the country; ten piers, 80 berths, six container terminals equipped with 66 post-Panamax gantry cranes and one of the deepest dredged main channels in the U.S. at 76 feet. The Port's berths are some of the deepest in the country and can accommodate the largest vessels in the world. Nearby, some 500 million square feet of warehouse and distribution facilities offer support. Those are only some of the reasons by the Port of Long Beach moved more than 6 million TEUs in 2011, the second largest volume in the nation.
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 The Port of Long Beach invests more than half of its annual budget on facilities improvement and environmental projects.
Projects like "shore power," which allows ships to switch from diesel engines to less polluting landside electricity at berth, not only improves air quality but ensures that the Port's growth is sustainable.
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