The Port of Long Beach’s $1.5 billion Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project completed in 2021 is one of several capital projects the port has undertaken.
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ENR California has chosen the Port of Long Beach as its 2024 owner.
The 112-year-old seaport receives more than 2,000 ship calls each year. The 90 million metric tons of cargo it handles generates approximately $200 billion in annual trade. The Port of Long Beach is one of the few ports in the United States that can accommodate today’s largest ships, serving 175 shipping lines with connections to 217 seaports around the world.
With a history of taking on big projects and seeing them through successfully, as well as an ambitious list of major projects needed to prepare for the future, they have earned the Port this year’s Owner of the Year honor.
In order to keep up with the increased demand for shipping on the West Coast, the port has undertaken a number of capital projects over the past decade. These include the $1.5 billion Gerald Desmond Bridge, which was completed in 2020, the $1.5 billion Middle Harbor Terminal Redevelopment Project, which was fully completed in 2021 after 10 years of construction to create the Long Beach Container Terminal and a $170 million shipping channel. Deepening project.
The main project at the moment is the rail support facility at Pier B: a $1.6 billion expansion of an existing rail yard that will greatly improve the port’s ability to build longer trains more frequently. In planning and design stages for several years, the program is due to begin construction in the summer of 2024. Dock rail is when locomotives haul containers directly to and from container terminals without a truck trip .
You can read more about the harbor in the April issue of ENR California & Northwest.
