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Port of Long Beach, California is also one of the busiest ports on the
west coast and compliments the other Los Angeles ports. If you
would like to visit the website for the Port of Long Beach, please click
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Port of Long Beach. The cruise
ships that leave from the Los Angeles area sail to all parts of the
world and many of them leave for Mexico, Alaska, Asia, Hawaii, South
America and ports around the globe. The following information is
provided for your convenience and use.
The Port of Long Beach is one of America’s premier seaports and a
trailblazer in goods movement and environmental stewardship.
Trade valued annually at more than $100 billion moves through Long
Beach, making it the second-busiest seaport in the United States.
Everything from clothing and shoes to toys, furniture and consumer
electronics arrives at the Port before making its way to store shelves
throughout the country. Specialized terminals also move petroleum,
automobiles, cement, lumber, steel and other products.
A major economic force, the Port supports more than 30,000 jobs in Long
Beach, 316,000 jobs throughout Southern California and 1.4 million jobs
throughout the United States. It generates about $16 billion in annual
trade-related wages statewide.
With a Green Port Policy guiding efforts to minimize or eliminate
negative environmental impacts, the Port also is a catalyst for
innovative environmental programs. Serving as a model for ports around
the world, the Port of Long Beach pioneered such programs as the Green
Flag vessel speed reduction air quality program, Green Leases with
environmental covenants and the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action
Plan. With these bold initiatives, the Port is dedicated to improving
air quality more quickly and aggressively than has ever been attempted
by any seaport, anywhere in the world.
For these reasons and more, the Port is recognized internationally as
one of the world’s best seaports and locally as a partner dedicated to
helping the community thrive.
A World Leader
The Port of Long Beach is one of the world's busiest seaports, a leading
gateway for trade between the United States and Asia. It supports
millions of jobs nationally and provides consumers and businesses with
billions of dollars in goods each year. Here’s how the numbers break
down.
In 2007, the Port handled:
More than 7.31 million containers (TEUs)
Cargo valued at more than $140 billion
More than 87 million metric tons of cargo
On average, the equivalent of 19,900 20-foot containers (TEUs) each day
5,300 vessel calls
The Port's loaded containers account for:
33 percent moving through all California ports
26 percent moving through all West Coast ports
13 percent moving through all U.S. ports
The Port comprises:
3,200 acres of land
10 piers
80 berths
71 post-panamax gantry cranes
International ranking
Long Beach is the second busiest port in the United States
Long Beach is the 15th busiest container cargo port in the world
If combined, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles would be the
world's fifth-busiest port complex (15.7 million total TEU), after
Singapore (27.9 million TEU), Shanghai (26.2 million), Hong Kong (23.9
million), and Shenzhen, China (21.1 million)
Port-related employment
30,000 jobs (about one in eight) in Long Beach
316,000 jobs (or one in 22) in the five-county Southern California
region
1.4 million jobs throughout the U.S. are related to Long Beach-generated
trade
Regional economic impacts
More than $5 billion a year in U.S. Customs revenues from the Long
Beach/Los Angeles ports
About $4.9 billion a year in local, state and general federal taxes from
Port-related trade
More than $47 billion in direct and indirect business sales yearly
Nearly $14.5 billion in annual trade-related wages
Trading partners
East Asian trade accounts for more than 90% of the shipments through the
Port
Top trading partners are China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia,
Singapore, Mexico and Iraq.
Top Imports
Petroleum
Electronics
Plastics
Furniture
Clothing
Top Exports
Petroleum and Petroleum Coke
Waste Paper
Chemicals
Scrap Metal
Plastic
Why is the Port important to the nation’s economy?
The Port is a major transportation and trade center, providing the
shipping terminals for nearly one-third of the waterborne trade moving
through the West Coast. In 2006 the Port moved more than $100 billion in
goods. It supported about 1.4 million jobs in the U.S. and generated
about $15 billion in annual trade-related wages.
What is the Port of Long Beach?
The Port of Long Beach is the second-busiest seaport in the United
States and a key transportation hub in the global trade marketplace.
More than $100 billion worth of cargo moves through the Port every year
– everything from clothing and furniture to machinery and petroleum.
East Asian trade accounts for about 90 percent of the shipments through
the Port. The Port’s top trading partners are China, South Korea, Hong
Kong and Japan.
If the Port is a department of the City of Long Beach, does it receive
funding from the City?
The Port is self-supporting financially. It does not receive tax
revenues or money from the City’s general fund. Long Beach is a
"landlord port," which means that the Board of Harbor Commissioners
leases Port facilities to private companies (shipping lines and
cargo-handling firms) who then contract with union Longshore workers to
operate the shipping terminals. These shipping terminal leases are the
principal source of revenue for the Long Beach Harbor Department. The
Port revenues pay the wages of Harbor Department employees, and they are
reinvested in the maintenance and development of Port facilities.
California tidelands laws require ports to earn and spend their revenues
only on activities related to commerce, navigation, marine recreation
and fisheries.
Is there a limit to Port cargo growth?
The Port has reached the limits of its physical expansion, in terms of
major landfill additions, but has several projects underway to improve
the efficiencies and environmental impacts of older, existing terminals.
The Port’s challenge is to continue to find ways to efficiently utilize
the Port and regional infrastructure to accommodate cargo growth.
Who runs the Port?
The Port of Long Beach is a public agency managed and operated by the
City of Long Beach Harbor Department. The Port is governed by the Long
Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, whose five members are appointed by
the mayor of Long Beach and confirmed by the City Council. The Board
creates policies and appoints the Port Executive Director, the top
official at the 350-employee Harbor Department.
Who owns the Port?
Port lands are owned by the City of Long Beach in trust for the people
of the State of California and cannot be sold to any private
enterprises. In 1911, the California Legislature approved a Tidelands
grant, giving the City of Long Beach the right to manage and develop the
Harbor District for the sole purposes of commerce, navigation, fisheries
and recreation.
How is the Port managing its increase in growth?
The Port is consolidating and reconfiguring existing terminals so there
is room for growing cargo volumes. It is encouraging longer hours of
operation, increased storage densities and the use of technology to
maximize terminal efficiency. It is also investing millions of dollars
to enhance Port bridges and roadways like Ocean Boulevard, a $65 million
project that has improved traffic flow on Terminal Island and reduced
air pollution – one of the Port’s top priorities. As it manages growth,
the Port is taking great care to reduce environmental impacts.
What is the difference between the Port of Long Beach and the Port of
Los Angeles?
The two ports are located side-by-side in San Pedro Bay, and operated
separately – one by the City of Long Beach and the other by the City of
Los Angeles.
The two ports compete for business, but have cooperated on joint rail
and other infrastructure projects. Together they are referred to as the
San Pedro Bay Ports. Although they operate independently of one another,
if you combine the number of cargo containers shipped through Long Beach
and Los Angeles, the two ports would rank as the world's fifth busiest
complex after facilities in Hong Kong and Singapore.
What is the Port doing to improve the environment?
The Port of Long Beach is committed to becoming the most
environmentally-friendly Port in the world. The Board of Harbor
Commissioners has adopted the pioneering Green Port Policy, which sets
the framework for the Port’s environmental protection efforts as well as
its day-to-day operations. Through the Green Port Policy, the Port is
taking bold steps to protect wildlife habitat, improve air and water
quality, clean soil and undersea sediments and create a "sustainable"
Port culture. Read more about the Port’s innovative Green Port Policy.
What is the Port doing to ease traffic in and outside the Harbor
District?
The Port is promoting operational changes such as incentives for truck
drivers to avoid freeways during rush hour and on-dock railyards, which
allow cargo to be transferred from ships to trains within the Port. Long
Beach has been a pioneer in the use of waterfront railyards to eliminate
thousands of truck trips each day from the highway network.
Roughly 25 percent of all Port cargo moves to and from the waterfront
via the Alameda Corridor freight rail expressway. The Corridor also
eliminated 200 street-level railroad crossings that delayed motorists in
communities throughout Southeast Los Angeles County.
How can my company do business with the Port?
The Port of Long Beach regularly seeks proposals from qualified firms to
provide services and products. View current Requests for Quotes and
Requests for Proposals.
The Port has also established the Small Business Enterprises (SBE) and
Very Small Business Enterprises (VSBE) Program to ensure that small
businesses have an equal opportunity to participate in the Port’s
construction and consulting contracts and procurement opportunities.
Why is Port cargo increasing?
Cargo traffic increases or decreases based on consumer demand, and in
recent years consumer demand in the region and nation has grown
steadily. Asia is the world's leading manufacturing center for products
such as clothing, toys, shoes, home furnishings and electronics, and the
majority of those products are imported through seaports.
How can I get a job at the Port?
Eighty-five percent of the positions at the Long Beach Harbor Department
– the city department that manages the Port of Long Beach – are filled
through the Long Beach Civil Service Department. These government jobs
include administrative, planning, engineering, security and maintenance
positions. To obtain information on Harbor Department job openings click
here.
Could the Port "outsource" security to private companies?
No. Security at the Port of Long Beach is the multi-jurisdictional
responsibility of many government agencies, including the U.S. Coast
Guard, Customs & Border Protection, federal and state Homeland Security
offices, Long Beach Police Department and the Port Harbor Patrol, which
have the authority to access all facilities and cargo at the Port. In
addition, all terminals must comply with the Federal Maritime
Transportation Security Act of 2002.
Ensuring the safety and security of our customers, tenants, visitors,
employees and the community at large has always been a top priority at
the Port of Long Beach. Since September 11, 2001, however, security has
become a paramount concern, and the Port and other government security
agencies have significantly increased security in and around the Long
Beach Harbor. For more information on Port security, click here.
Where is the port?
The port is located at:
925 Harbor Plaza
Long Beach
CA 90801
Phone:(562) 437-0041
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