The Port of Long Beach has begun construction on its fourth â??shore powerâ? dock, to allow more ships to plug in to clean electricity and decrease pollution. Construction began recently at SSA Terminals/Matson Navigation Co.â??s Pier C facility.

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• Long Beach Port (USA) cargo revenue by 18.3%, Jan.-Sep. 2009

    Cargo turnover of Long-Beach port (the USA) decreased by 18.3% (119 million 731 thousand tons) in January-September, 2009 as compared to the corresponding period 2008. As per the port administration data, in September, 2009 cargo transhipment volumes reduced by 16.5% (down to 13.45 million tons) against 2008 September figures. Box

• Port of Long Beach offers its annual State of the port address

    The Port of Long Beach Executive Director Richard D.

• Port of Long Beach installed Proximex Surveillint for new command and control center

    SUNNYVALE, Ca – Proximex, the leading developer of award-winning products for the physical security information management (PSIM) market, today announced that the company has signed a contract with the Port of Long Beach, the nation\’s second busiest seaport. Read at Port of Long Beach installs Proximex Surveillint at new command

• Long Beach Cargo Drops usually Brisk months

    At the end of the traditional holiday shipping season, Port of Long Beach reported a decrease of 24 percent in the number of cargo containers shipped in October compared with the same month a year ago, according to figures. At Long Beach, 452,418 standard cargo container units moved through the

• Cordero again to Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

    Attorney Mario Cordero has been reappointed to the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners by Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, an action that was confirmed earlier this month by the City Council. Read at Cordero reappointed to Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

• Long Beach Launches $ 3 billion port expansion

    With new clean-air initiatives quieting environmental concerns, the Port of Long Beach is embarking on a $3 billion capital construction program aimed at protecting the port’s share of shippuing business in the face of competition from other ports The efforts include plans to enlarge marine terminals, build a taller, wider

• Long Beach Commission approve an additional $ 9 million in incentives

    The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners has approved the proposed $9 million in incentives for its air quality programme. Read at Long Beach Commission approves extra $9 million in incentives

• Southern Calif. export container Soar

    Containerized exports in Southern California soared in December, increasing 40.2 percent over December 2008 at the Port of Los Angeles and 30.9 percent at the Port of Long Beach. The nation’s two largest container ports closed out their worst year in decades. Total container volume, including loaded imports and exports

• Long Beach Green Signs

    The Port of Long Beach and terminal operator China Merchants Holdings International signed a comprehensive environmental exchange agreement to add and improve “green” technologies and practices on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. “This agreement recognizes that we are not only partners in trade, but partners in ideas and solutions

• Long Beach, in glorious Technicolor / Shrimp cause Atlantic rift / planning for the Manila port redevelopment to take a nap

    In today’s PTI Media Watch: New episodes of the Port of Long Beach’s video programme hit the Net, Canada closes its ports to ships from Greenland and the Faroes, and plans to redevelop Manila port are pushed back – again. Read at Long Beach in glorious technicolour / Shrimps cause Atlantic

• Panama Canal and Port of Palm Beach unveil strategic alliance

    To encourage growth and capitalize on the Panama Canal’s expansion, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the Port of Palm Beach embarked on their first-ever strategic alliance yesterday. In an official ceremony held in the ACP’s Administration Building in Panama City, Panama, ACP Administrator/CEO Alberto Alem?n Zubieta and Port of

• Longshore Union, Long Beach program supports

    Two ports, two plans, two unions take different approaches to clean air A Port of Long Beach advertisement promoting its clean-truck plan to neighboring communities attracted the support of International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Local 13. The ad is not popular with some environmental and labor interests that support a

• Additional incentives for ships to slow down

    The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has given preliminary approval to around $9 million in extra incentives to increase participation in the Green Flag air quality programme. Its aim is to slow down the speed of ships coming into the port in order to reduce air pollution, which also

• CG Photo: Barge grounding in Sandbridge

     (marinelink)  A Nov. 16 photo of the Crowley barge La Princesa grounded on the Sandbridge beach in Virginia Beach, Va. while responders work to get lines in place for towing efforts.  Source

• Port of LB wins award for reducing pollution from ships

    The Port of Long Beach recently won the \’Sustainable Shipping Clean Air Award\’ for efforts to reduce air pollution from ships through slower speeds, cleaner fuels and shore power. Read at Port of LB wins award for reducing ship pollution