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Board of Harbor Commissioners Gives Preliminary Approval to 40-year terminal Lease

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners gave preliminary approval Monday to a 40-year, $4.6 billion lease with Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) for the Middle Harbor property, clearing the way for a final vote on the largest deal of its kind for any U.S. seaport.

POLB Executive Director J. Christopher Lytle To Deliver State of The Port Address, January 19th

Port of Long Beach Executive Director J. Christopher Lytle, who assumed the post this year, is set to deliver the annual “State of the Port” address on Thursday, January 19. Lytle, the Port’s former deputy executive director and chief operations officer, was appointed to the top post by the Board of Harbor Commissioners late last [...]

James H. McJunkin, Former Port Chief Executive, Dies at 82

James H. McJunkin, who served as the Port of Long Beach General Manager from 1977 to 1988, died Monday, January 2. McJunkin, 82, first joined the Port in 1963 in the Operations Division. He was later promoted to Assistant General Manager before succeeding Thomas J. Thorley as the Port’s top executive. The position of general [...]

U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Port of Long Beach $17 million For Rail Project

The Port of Long Beach was awarded $17 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund a rail track improvement project that will allow for a shift of more cargo from trucks to trains. The Green Port Gateway project, slated to begin construction in 2012, will lay 16,400 feet of new track to [...]

January 1 Signals Permanent Ban For Older Trucks at Port

In a little over three years, the Port of Long Beach’s landmark Clean Trucks Program has helped clean up the busiest drayage truck fleet in the country and cut related air pollution by 90 percent. On January 1, the program will ban permanently the last remaining older, more polluting trucks from Port terminals. The final ban [...]

Lawmaker Asks Unions, What Happened to the Middle Class

As the Occupy Movement continued to spread, Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal huddled with labor leaders Friday to discuss living wages, the decline of the middle class and the role of union representation in delivering good-paying jobs. They gathered in the Port of Long Beach Administration Building for a hearing of the Select Committee on Ports, which [...]

Port of Long Beach Clean Trucks Program Nearing Final Milestone

In the New Year, the Port of Long Beach’s landmark Clean Trucks Program will hit its final milestone, permanently barring the oldest, most polluting drayage trucks from Port terminals. Although the final ban starts January 1, significant reduction in truck related pollution was reached nearly two years ago. Today, 98 percent of trucked container moves [...]

Port Access Route Study Examines Ship Traffic Around Long Beach

The Coast Guard has completed a Port Access Route Study evaluating the vessel traffic lanes of ship approaches to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as the Santa Barbara Channel. While the study is complete, the formal process of changing the traffic lanes is not yet final. The study recommends the [...]

Long Beach Aquatic Capital of America Foundation Names Swimmer Jessica Hardy Aquatic Athlete of the Year

Swimmer Jessica Hardy was named the 2011 Long Beach Aquatic Athlete of the Year at an awards dinner and fundraiser hosted by the Long Beach Aquatic Capital of America Foundation last Thursday night, Nov. 10th. Hardy was honored for capturing the world title in the 50 meter breaststroke and taking a silver medal in the [...]

“Let’s Talk Port” Concludes With Centennial Documentary Screening

The Port of Long Beach will host the fourth in a series of Centennial-related “Let’s Talk Port” forums on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the Long Beach Main Library, 101 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, 90822, from 7 to 8 p.m. The workshop will offer a screening of the short Centennial documentary film narrated by TV and movie legend [...]

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