Company Profile
Company Overview
The Port of Long Beach, one of the world's busiest seaports, is an international gateway for the reliable, efficient and sustainable movement of goods and is a leader in environmental stewardship. Credited with moving $194 billion in trade, the Port serves as a critical hub for international commerce and is a major transportation center. East Asian trade accounts for more than 90 percent of Long Beach shipments, with the top trading partners being China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan. Port-related international trade has wide-ranging economic impact, supporting millions of jobs that benefit the region and entire country.
Company History
The Port of Long Beach was founded on June 24, 1911, a wild dream scratched out of 800 acres of mudflats at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. In the nine decades since then, those grand ambitions have been realized as the port expanded to include more than 7,600 acres of wharves, state-of-the-art cargo terminals, roadways, rail yards and shipping channels. Today, the Port of Long Beach is one of the world’s busiest seaports.
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