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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 terms. Every July, commissioners select a president and two board officers to serve one-year terms. The new officers began their terms ... [+]

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 ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Cargo Surges Ahead of Tariffs

The Port of Long Beach has been the busiest port in the U.S. the last six months, as imports surged ahead of anticipated tariffs. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 817,457 twenty-foot equivalent units last month, or TEUs, up 25 percent from March 2024. Imports grew 25.8 percent to 380,562 TEUs and ... [+]

Tariffs Threat Boosts Port of Long Beach Volume

The Port of Long Beach started 2025 with its strongest January on record and its second-busiest month ever, largely driven by retailers moving cargo ahead of the anticipated tariffs on goods from China, Mexico and Canada.Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 952,733 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, in January, up 41.4 ... [+]

Cordero Lauds Success of Long Beach Green Port

            The Port of Long Beach is accomplishing its environmental, operational and commercial goals as it is setting greater goals for the years ahead, said CEO Mario Cordero during his annual state of the port address, Jan. 29.             In a 2024 in which the port handled a record 9.6 million ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Sees Busiest November

Buoyed by six straight months of historic volumes, the Port of Long Beach is on course to reach 9.6 million cargo containers by the end of 2024 without congestion or other disruption and exceeding the previous record set during the pandemic in 2021.The Port of Long Beach also achieved its ... [+]

LA, Long Beach Ports Keep Record Pace

The California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are in the midst of a record string for container volumes, both setting records for October volumes.             The Port of Long Beach moved nearly 1 million cargo containers in October, the strongest month ever, driven by brisk demand for holiday goods ... [+]

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