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The Port of Long Beach on February 4 released the revised draft environmental impact report for public comment on its next major improvement proposal -- replacing the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge. The report will be available for public review and comment for 45 days and the Port will host two public hearings to receive comments on the project.
(Posted: Feb 3, 2010)
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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on February 1 gave preliminary approval to nearly $9 million in extra incentives to further boost participation in the Green Flag air quality program and to increase the use of trains to move import and export cargo containers. Terminal operators will get $5.8 million to bring more rail borne cargo through the Port and vessel operators will get $3 million to slow down their ships in the harbor.
(Posted: Feb 2, 2010)
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Port of Long Beach Executive Director Richard D. Steinke delivered his annual "State of the Port" address to nearly 650 attendees gathered at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach on Friday, January 29.
Watch webcast here. For a short video of the event visit our YouTube channel.
For a copy of the Steinke's speech click here.
(Posted: Jan 29, 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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More than 10,000 people filled the colorfully decorated roadway outside the Port of Long Beach administration building Saturday, October 3, for the fifth annual Green Port Fest. It was the biggest crowd yet for the popular waterfront street fair. See the YouTube video. See the photo slide show.
If you attended, please take our survey.
(Posted: Oct 3, 2009)
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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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The 5th Annual Green Port Fest helps kick off the latest installment of "Pulse of the Port," the award winning television and on-line video program that gives insight into one of the largest seaports in the world. Other segments focus on the Gerald Desmond Bridge, "green" leases, interns and Hollywood imports:
To view the individual segments, click on the following YouTube links:
* Green Port Fest '09
* Gerald Desmond Bridge
* Cinebags
* Community Outreach Interns
* Matson’s Green Lease
Catch the September 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.
(Posted: Sep 8, 2009)
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