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SUMMARY:Free Summer Harbor Tour at Long Beach Port
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin the Port of Long Beach on one of our highly regarded Port Tours!\n\nAboard the 90-minute narrated excursion\, you will get close to operations at the second-busiest Port in the nation. See towering cranes\, the most advanced and green terminal in the world\, new infrastructure projects such as the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement\, and possibly even catch a glimpse of local marine life. You will also learn about the variety of groundbreaking green programs the Port has implemented to reduce the environmental impact of operations.\n\nCome see how we’re building the Green Port of the Future!\n\nHow to register:\n\nCall the POLB Communications team at 562-283-7700 or email communityrelations@polb.com\n\nThe Port's community Harbor Tours run from May through September.\n\nLottery registration occurs the first Monday of the month for the following month's tours. A link to register for the lottery will be available at that time.\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs2iYM0zKUU\nSome interesting facts about Port of Long Beach\nEach year\, the Port handles:\n\n\tMore than 6.8 million 20-foot container units (TEUs)\n\tCargo valued at $180 billion\n\t82.3 million metric tons of cargo\n\t2\,000 vessel calls\n\nThe Port's loaded containers account for:\n\n\t1/3 moving through all California ports\n\t1/4 moving through all West Coast ports\n\tnearly 1 in 5 moving through all U.S. ports\n\nThe Port comprises:\n\n\t3\,000 acres of land\n\t4\,600 acres of water\n\t10 piers\n\t80 berths\n\t66 post-Panamax gantry cranes\n\tShipping terminals (22)\n\n\t5 break bulk (automobiles\, lumber\, steel\, iron ore)\n\t6 bulk (petroleum coke\, salt\, gypsum\, cement)\n\t6 container\n\t5 liquid bulk (petroleum)\n\n\n\nInternational ranking\n\n\tLong Beach is the second-busiest port in the United States\n\tLong Beach is the 20th-busiest container cargo port in the world\n\tIf combined\, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles would be the world's tenth-busiest port complex by container volume\, after Shanghai\, Singapore\, Shenzhen (China)\, Ningbo (China) Hong Kong\, Busan (S. Korea)\, Qingdao (China)\, Guangzhou (China)\, and Dubai (UAE).\n
URL:https://www.lajajakids.com/en/event/eng-free-summer-harbor-tour-at-long-beach-port/2017-05-06/
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