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8/23/2021
The Port of Long Beach last week announced the completion of the Long Beach Container Terminal at Middle Harbor.
Equipped with nearly all electric and zero-emissions equipment, the terminal at Middle Harbor is designed to strengthen competitiveness, improve cargo flow and enhance air quality amid an era of significant growth at the nation’s second-busiest seaport, port officials said in a press release.
Construction of the $1.49 billion project started in May 2011. The first part of the terminal opened five years later with the completion of phase 1, which enabled the terminal to begin operations across an initial 151 acres. Phase 2 wrapped up in October 2017, expanding the facility to 191 acres.
The third and final phase concluded in July, expanding the terminal to 300 acres with a completed container yard, an administration building and an on-dock rail yard designed to handle 1.1 million 20-foot-equivalent units annually to minimize truck traffic on local roads.
Additionally, 14 of the most modern ship-to-shore gantry cranes line a new, 4,200-foot-long concrete wharf capable of welcoming three massive ships at once, making the Long Beach facility “big ship" ready, port officials said.
Another 3 acres will be added in 2025 with the opening of the North Gate expansion, completing the terminal with 303 acres, they said.