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Port of Long Beach Welcomes Pasha Hawaii LNG-Powered Ship

The Port of Long Beach welcomed Pasha Hawaii's MV George III on August 17. It is the first container ship powered by liquefied natural gas to refuel on the West Coast. The ship's LNG-powered engines are dramatically cleaner than those of a traditional cargo ship. Following George III's inaugural visit to Long Beach, the newly built 774-foot-long ship will begin its maiden voyage to its home port in Honolulu. And there's ... [+]

California budget signed

Port and City of Long Beach officials applauded the approval and signing of the state of California's 2023 budget, which will bring crucial state funding to the nation's largest port complex, including $110 million for a planned goods movement workforce training campus to enhance safety and efficiency of cargo operations ... [+]

SA Recycling hits milestone in iron ore exports at Port of Long Beach

The SA Recycling terminal in the Port of Long Beach has topped a total of 2.5 million tons in exports of iron ore since October 2020, showing strong growth in the shipment of a resource once added to diversify the terminal's business beyond the processing and export of recyclable metal.The ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Joins the Green Shipping Corridor

The Port of Long Beach has signed on to the Shanghai-Los Angeles Green Shipping Corridor, a partnership of C40 Cities, ports, shipping companies and cargo owners convened to create a zero-emissions trans-Pacific trade route.First announced in January by C40 Cities, the ports of Shanghai and Los Angeles, and key maritime ... [+]

San Pedro Bay ports container dwell fee on hold through June 17

The San Pedro Bay ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will once again delay consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” for another week, this time until June 17.Since the program was announced on Oct. 25, the two ports have seen a combined decline of 38% in aging cargo on ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Has Record-Setting April

The Port of Long Beach achieved its most active April, continuing a streak of single-month records set in 2022. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 820,718 TEUs of container cargo last month, up 10% from the previous record set in April 2021. Imports rose 9.2% to 400,803 TEUs, while exports were down ... [+]

Grant to Power Port of Long Beach’s Zero Emissions Push

A multimillion-dollar California Energy Commission Grant will help the Port of Long Beach transition to zero-emissions operations by developing infrastructure plans to support electric vehicles at the nation's second busiest seaport. The $2.5 million award aids the second phase of the Port Community Electric Vehicle Blueprint, which the Port created to ... [+]

Port of Long Beach boosts rail capacity

The Port of Long Beach has completed construction of a new rail project that will increase efficiency of goods movement and reduce congestion on local roadways by shifting more cargo to trains.The Double Track Access from Pier G to Pier J Project adds a second rail line running approximately 8,000 ... [+]

Move Cargo While Striving for Zero Emissions

On April 1, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles launched the Clean Truck Fund rate. The rate – $10 per twenty-foot equivalent unit on loaded import and export cargo containers hauled by drayage trucks as they enter or leave container terminals – will be collected from beneficial cargo ... [+]

Long Beach, Los Angeles approve Clean Truck Fund spending plans

The Harbor Commissions of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have each adopted spending plans for the Clean Truck Fund (CTF) rate program, a key component of the ports’ Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP). The plans, approved separately by each port, target the development and deployment of zero-emission ... [+]

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