THIS WEEK :
Thursday, July 2
8:30 AM
Port of LA Harbor Commission Meeting
Where: Port Administration Building
Monday, July 6
1:00 PM
Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission Meeting
Where: Port Administration Building
Monday, July 13
1:00 PM
Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission Meeting
Where: Port Administration Building
Thursday, July 16
6:30 PM
Port of LA Harbor Commission Meeting
Where: Banning's Landing Community Center
Wednesday, July 22
7:00 - 10:30 AM
LAEDC Mid-Year Economic Forecast
Where: Los Angeles Marriott Downtown
Thursday, September 10
Green Pacific: a discussion on maritime environmental
issues
Where: Long Beach Renaissance Hotel
Thursday, Sept 21
2009 Mobility 21 Transportation Summit --
Making Transportation Work: Planning & Funding Southern California's Transportation Future
Where: Downtown Los Angeles
October 6-7
The Port Productivity Conference
Where: Long Beach Conference and Entertainment Center
Check out our EIR-EIS page for port related Environmental Impact Reports
Official Media Sponsor
"Marine Business for the Operations Sector"
Center for International Trade and Transportation
The Town Hall proceedings have been videotaped and are available for downloading and viewing.
Information on the economic benefits of our Ports..read all about it..
Ports of LA and Long Beach release their 2006 emissions inventories
Port of Long Beach (scroll down to Emissions Inventory)
Port of Los Angeles
Read/download the final version of the MATES III study from the SCAQMD.
California governors decry red tape - Environmental review process stalls stimulus action
George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, and Gray Davis
Washington Times,
Monday, February 2, 2009
read online..
Invest in local ports
Press Telegram
Sunday Letters to the Editor
Posted: 01/31/2009
read online..
Council Vote Endorses Middle Harbor Project Redevelopment will add 14,000 jobs, cut pollution 50%
In a stunning 9-0 vote, the Long Beach City Council denied four appeals filed against a Port of Long Beach environmental impact report (EIR), effectively giving its unanimous support to the recently approved $750 million Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project.
The cities of Riverside and Commerce, and two coalitions representing environmental and community groups had challenged the adequacy of the EIR that the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners had relied upon last month in approving the redevelopment of two outdated container cargo terminals.
In a nearly six-hour meeting, and after the testimony of 70 people, the City Council -- which had urged Port officials to do more to protect the environment -- sided those who urged green growth and new jobs, clearing the way for the Port to move ahead with construction.
The 10-year Middle Harbor Project will upgrade terminal efficiency, more than double cargo capacity, add 14,000 new jobs and nearly 1,000 construction jobs annually, all while slashing air pollution 50 percent from current levels.
Middle Harbor Fact Sheet (.pdf 2MB)
Middle Harbor Q&A
Middle Harbor Errata Cover Letter
Middle Harbor Errata
FuturePorts In The News
Moving Green on LBPost.com
Public policy expert (and FuturePorts member) Nancy Pfeffer explores the environmental impact of transportation, both moving goods and moving people.
New Address: Berth 77, P7-A, Ports O' Call, San Pedro, CA 90731
New Phone: 310.982.1323
New Fax: 877.309.1323
FuturePorts is the organization bringing together business, community and government leaders to work toward an integrated approach to resolving port, industry and community concerns.
FuturePorts - A Regional Voice
FuturePorts brings together business, community and government leaders to work toward integrated solutions resolving port, industry and community concerns.
As the two largest ports in the nation, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach generate $200 billion annually in throughput, and handle 43% of all waterborne U.S. trade and 60% of all imports from Asia. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have already been created in Southern California by ever-increasing port activity. With trade volume projected to triple over the next 20 years, Southern California has an unprecedented opportunity to solidify its position as the nation's pre-eminent trade center. However, a number of challenges threaten the ports' and industries' ability to sustain their role as critical economic engines in California and the nation.
- Congestion in the region continues to increase, and the construction of necessary improvements to alleviate bottlenecks is hindered by funding shortfalls and delays in the decision-making process.
- Air quality and other environmental challenges are jeopardizing the timely completion of much-needed infrastructure improvements.
- Area residents are increasingly concerned about the impact of port activity on their communities, and struggle to understand the beneficial and necessary role our ports play in the local econom
The time is now for a dynamic and visionary organization to secure a vibrant economic and environmental future for the ports, their businesses and their surrounding communities. Currently, there is no single advocacy organization focused on solving goods movement problems using a multi-stakeholder and regional perspective on the ports and shipping supply chain. FuturePorts will identify growth and environmental challenges and advocate strongly for solutions through its Strategic Action Plan.
Download the FuturePorts brochure.. (.pdf)
The Ports of LA/LB
(text of speech given at Long Beach City College)
Amber Moyers is a student at Long Beach City College majoring in business and accounting and studying world trade and international commerce, and will be traveling to China with the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce in March 2007. She's looking forward to learning more about the Pacific Rim trade that "makes the American Economy go." Read her speech here...
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