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Port security will take center stage as the "Let's Talk Port" series of community forums continues March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at El Dorado Park, with an evening focused on protection of the Port of Long Beach.
(Posted: Mar 11, 2010)
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Graduating high school seniors in Long Beach who intend to pursue an international trade- or seaport-related college education can still apply for the 2010 Port of Long Beach scholarships. The deadline is March 19.
(Posted: Mar 10, 2010)
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The Port of Long Beach on March 2 helped Metrolink welcome two of its newest passenger rail cars. The cars, the first of their kind in the U.S., are equipped with Crash Energy Management technology that makes them safer in the event of a collission. A total of 117 cars, manufactured by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea, will be shipped through the Port of Long Beach's Crescent Terminal operated by SSA. Click here for more details from Metrolink.
(Posted: Mar 2, 2010)
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The Port of Long Beach's transformation into an environmental leader among seaports worldwide began five years ago this month with approval of the Green Port Policy. The Port had been pursuing environmental programs, but the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners wanted more. It was time to firmly establish the commitment to cleaner, environmentally sustainable operations – to ensure that the Port would pursue both economic vitality and reduce its environmental impact.
(Posted: Jan 28, 2010)
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The Port of Long Beach's Clean Trucks Program is only a year old, but already two years ahead in achieving its goal of an 80 percent reduction in diesel truck pollution.
To see how the program accomplished that feat, watch this On the Go Video.
(Posted: Oct 9, 2009)
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In the newest episode of "Pulse of the Port," the Port of Long Beach's award winning video program, field reporter Scott Nelson braves the recent storms to show the hardy souls who keep the Port humming, even with 17-foot ocean swells and torrential rains.
Also in the February episode, Port Executive Director Richard D. Steinke delivers one of the most anticipated “State of the Port” addresses in the annual event’s history. Find out how hundreds of dock workers get their job assignments each day at the ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall. And meet Thomas Fields, a Washington D.C. native and the latest member of the Port’s Board of Harbor Commissioners.
Click on links for individual segments.
- Storm Watch
- State of the Port
- ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall
- Commissioner Thomas Fields
(Posted: Feb 17, 2010)
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Ever wonder how shipping containers get stacked so high and so neatly at Port of Long Beach terminals?
- Take a ride inside a Rubber Tire Gantry or RTG crane and find out in the latest episode of award winning show "Pulse of the Port."
- Check out how the Port is recycling 95 percent of all demolition materials as it builds its new administration building.
- Listen to Port truck drivers as they explain why they switched to less polluting rigs under the Port's Clean Trucks Program.
- And last but not least, see why the Port of Long Beach recently received a Distinguished Arts Award from the Long Beach Arts Council.
Click on the segment links above or catch the entire "Pulse of the Port" Mondays at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at noon on Long Beach Television Channel 8. Verizon subscribers can catch the program on Channel 21.
Check out these videos and more at the Port of Long Beach's YouTube channel, www.YouTube.com/portoflongbeach.
(Posted: Jan 13, 2010)
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How does it feel to be 15-stories above the sea, using a joystick-style controller to maneuver 100-ton containers on and off a giant container ship? Find out by joining correspondent Scott Nelson on an up-close tour of a Port of Long Beach gantry crane in the latest installment of "Pulse of the Port," the award winning video program that gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's premier seaports.
Show host Iris Almario also explores a world few ever get to see -- the bustling nightlife at one of the Port’s shipping terminals, Long Beach Container Terminal.
Also in this episode, Nelson switches gears and heads out to sea to get a close up look at port pilots at work. In the final video segment, learn how the Port of Long Beach is keeping the local economy humming with jobs and the raw materials for local manufacturers.
Catch the October installment of "Pulse of the Port" Mondays at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at noon on Long Beach Television Channel 8. Verizon subscribers can catch the program on Channel 21. The show is also available for viewing on the Port's web site, www.polb.com/videos.
To view the individual segments, click on the following YouTube links:
View more videos at YouTube.com/portoflongbeach.
(Posted: Oct 29, 2009)
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