Go behind the scenes at one of the nation's largest recycled metal shipping facilities, visit California's only floating school and more in the latest episode of the Port of Long Beach's award-winning television program, "Pulse of the Port."
In this episode, watch the debut of new segment host Scott Nelson as he explores SA Recycling at the Port's Pier T. The massive recycling facility turns discarded refrigerators, railroad cars, buses, fence posts and other metallic trash into a major export item. Nelson shows viewers giant hydraulic shears that cut through steel beams like butter and the massive pans that load pulverized metal into ships.
The new show also features Cal Maritime Academy’s TS Golden Bear, a 500-foot survey vessel and training grounds for some 200 cadets who aspire to careers in the maritime industry. The Cal Maritime Academy, a California State University program, was founded in 1931 and is the only one of its kind on the West Coast. The TS Golden Bear and its students regularly depart the Port of Long Beach for a 60 day journey to ports on the Southern Hemisphere.
Also featured in this episode are; the unique International Seafarers Center of Long Beach on Pico Avenue and on-dock rail planner Rhonda Rubio-Ponce, one of the few women dock workers in a male dominated world.
Catch "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.
Click here for full episode. You can also catch it on Long Beach Television Channel 8.
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"Pulse of the Port” began airing in September 2005 and has won recognition from the Telly Awards, American Association of Port Authorities, the City-County Communications and Marketing Association, and the California Association of Public Information Officials. Previous episodes are archived at www.polb.com/pulse.
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