Port of Long Beach

This article is about the Port of Long Beach. For the Los Angeles–Long Beach Harbor residential areas, see Los Angeles Harbor Region.

Port of Long Beach
Aerial view of the Port of Long Beach
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Location
CountryUnited States
LocationLong Beach, California
Coordinates33°45′18″N 118°12′54″W / 33.75500°N 118.21500°W / 33.75500; -118.21500
Details
OpenedJune 24, 1911; 113 years ago (June 24, 1911)
Land area3,200 acres (13 km2)
No. of berths80
No. of piers10
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage78.2 million metric revenue tons (CY 2010)
Annual container volume8.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (CY 2018)[1]
Value of cargo$56.7 billion (CY 2010)[2]
Draft depth>50 feet
Air draftunrestricted
Website
http://www.polb.com/

The Port of Long Beach, administered as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles.[3] Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies 3,200 acres (13 km2) of land with 25 miles (40 km) of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California. The Port of Long Beach is located less than two miles (3 km) southwest of Downtown Long Beach and approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Downtown Los Angeles. The seaport generates approximately US$100 billion per year in trade and employs more than 316,000 people in Southern California.[4] In 2022, the port, together with the adjoining Port of Los Angeles, were considered amongst the world's least efficient ports by the World Bank and IHS Markit citing union protectionism and a lack of automation.[5][6]

  1. ^ "The Journal of Commerce World Top 50 Container Ports". joc.com.
  2. ^ "U.S. Import Export Data - Zepol Corporation". zepol.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  3. ^ White, Ronald D. (August 7, 2011). "Long Beach port chief's long voyage nears an end". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "presstelegram.com, A wealth of jobs at the Port of Long Beach, By Karen Robes Meeks, Long Beach Press Telegram, 02/02/14". Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPR_2022-09-11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).