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Hacebaga to Succeed Cordero as Long Beach CEO

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners were expected to select longtime Port of Long Beach executive Dr. Noel Hacegaba as the Port’s next CEO, effective Jan. 1. Hacegaba, currently chief operating officer, would succeed Mario Cordero, who is stepping down at the year end, after leading the port through record cargo growth, major modernization and the global pandemic. Hacegaba has served in senior management roles at the port for 15 years, ... [+]

Long Beach-LA Ports, SCAQMD in Clean Air Pact

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners have approved a cooperative agreement with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the Port of Los Angeles containing time-bound and enforceable commitments to develop zero-emissions infrastructure at the nation’s largest ports complex. The agreement, which the SCAQMD board approved Nov. 7, ... [+]

San Pedro Ports Ponder Cleaner Drayage Trucks

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have released a final report on the state and feasibility of using cleaner drayage truck technologies to help reduce air pollution in the San Pedro Bay port complex and achieve zero-emissions (ZE) goals adopted in the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) ... [+]

Port of Long Beach September Cargo Dips 3.9%

The Port of Long Beach said softening consumer demand and rising prices driven by shifting trade policies led to a 3.9 percent decline in cargo containers in September. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 797,537 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo containers last month. Imports decreased 6.9 percent to 388,084 TEUs and ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Awarded $20M for Pier Wind

The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday was awarded US$20 million by the California Energy Commission to fund the ongoing development of Pier Wind, a proposed 400-acre terminal to assemble and deploy floating offshore wind turbines. As the largest recipient of the agency's Offshore Wind Energy Waterfront Facility Improvement Program from ... [+]

Long Beach Commission Elects Colonna President

Long Beach Harbor Commission Vice President Frank Colonna was elected president of the five-person board that oversees the Port of Long Beach. The board also selected Steven Neal as vice president and Sharon L. Weissman as secretary. Commissioners on every July select a president and two board members to serve one-year ... [+]

ITS Starts Long Beach Pier G Terminal Expansion

International Transportation Service broke ground July 11 on a US$365 million terminal expansion project at the Port of Long Beach, aimed at developing more space to stack cargo containers and maximizing efficiency. The project will fill an unused slip in the middle of Pier G Terminal, creating 19 acres of land ... [+]

Long Beach Blames Tariffs for 8.2% May Cargo Dip

Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach declined 8.2 percent in May due to tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, but a temporary pause on those fees will likely trigger a cargo surge by late June. Dockworkers and terminal operators processed 639,160 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs in May, down 8.2 percent ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Record Volumes Set to Plunge

The Port of Long Beach, after recording one of the strongest April’s on record – and its 11th consecutive month of cargo increases – is girding for a double-digit decline in shipments for May, due to the partially paused tariffs tit-for-tat. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 867,493 twenty-foot equivalent units, or ... [+]

Long Beach Port Supports 2.7M US Jobs, Study

As one of the busiest U.S. seaports, the Port of Long Beach supports 2.7 million jobs across the nation, including more than 1.1 million in California, according to a port-commissioned study conducted by Boston-based EBP US found. In the five-county Southern California region, more than 691,000 jobs are connected to Port ... [+]