The long-planned $1 billion Middle Harbor Project redevelopment project will create a facility capable of handling twice as much cargo (up to 3.3 million TEUs a year) while cutting air pollution in half from current levels. This will be possible because ships will use shore power, and the facility will feature a greatly expanded rail yard, clean cargohandling equipment and other advanced technologies.
An $800 million project for International Transportation Service (ITS) is now underway at Pier G to improve facilities, clean the air and support thousands of jobs. Ocean carrier âKâ Line and its subsidiary, ITS, now have a second deep-water berth so that newer, larger, cleaner vessels can dock there.
The Port of Long Beach is proposing a $1.1 billion project to replace the aging, obsolete Gerald Desmond Bridge with a new six-lane cable-stayed bridge to ease congestion and improve safety.