THIS WEEK:
Monday, August 25
9:00 AM
Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission Meeting
Where: Port Administration Building
NEXT MONTH:
Thursday, September 18
5:00 PM
Maritime Industry Salute
Where: Queen Mary
Thursday, September 25
7:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Access LA City Hall
Where: LA City Hall
COMING UP:
Thursday, October 2
8:00 AM
Mike Justice Fund
Annual Charity Golf Classic
Where: Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms
One Industry Hills Parkway, Industry CA 91744
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday, November 13
6:00 PM
Harbor Association's 30th Annual Salute to Industry
Honoring David E. Wright, Plains All American Pipeline
Where: DoubleTree Hotel, San Pedro
November 12-16
China International Logistics Week 2008
Where: Chengdu City, China
Find out more: Download presentations, read speaker bios
FuturePorts member Nancy Pfeffer, President of Network Public Affairs, LLC, was interviewed on CNN Local regarding FuturePorts' conference on Air Quality held in Long Beach on Friday, May 16. Click on the Play button below to view the video (move your mouse across the video screen if you don't see the Play button). Information on the conference is posted here.
Ports of LA and Long Beach release their 2006 emissions inventories
Port of Long Beach
(scroll down to Emissions Inventory)
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach release EIRs
Middle Harbor Environmental Report
The Board of Harbor Commissioners has released a draft environmental impact report/environmental impact statement (EIR/EIS) for the Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project, a proposed $750-million, 10-year project that would create about 14,000 new, permanent jobs and cut air pollution at two port terminals by 50 percent or more from existing levels.
Middle Harbor Fact Sheet (.pdf 2.7MB)
Middle Harbor Q&A (.pdf)
Middle Harbor Talking Points (.pdf)
FuturePorts letter (.pdf)
Read the press release (.pdf)
Read the full EIR/EIS report
more info on the POLB website..
Port and Corps Prepare Supplemental Draft EIR for Crude Oil Terminal Project
The Port of Los Angeles, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has released the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIS/SEIR) for the proposed Pacific LA Marine Terminal LLC Project on Pier 400, a facility that will help Southern California meet its rising demand for oil while conforming to environmental and security regulations that would be among the strictest ever imposed on an oil facility in San Pedro Bay.
Read press release
Review Draft SEIS/SEIR
Information sheet
Read/download the latest version of the MATES III study from the SCAQMD. The final report will be released in September.
Information on the economic benefits of our Ports..read all about it..
Draft EIR for China Shipping Project
The Port of Los Angeles and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have prepared a joint re-circulated Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/DEIR) for the Berths 97-109 [China Shipping] Container Terminal Project. The Re-circulated Draft DEIS/DEIR illustrates how the Port proposes to substantially reduce air emissions at the terminal as part of a proposed expansion that could create more than 900 construction jobs during the project, and 4,000 new jobs upon full build-out.
Read press release
Review re-circulated Draft EIS/EIR
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.
City of Industry: The entertainment business may get top billing in this town, but what would happen if it up and went away? Not as much as you might think. Article in Los Angeles magazine, February 2008 issue
Linking Modes and Nodes: Port connections with road, rail and river are an increasing focus. Article in Engineering News-Record, January 28, 2008 issue
A Balancing Act: Ports along the US West Coast are all expecting further substantial increases in Asian imports, but as Felicity Landon reports, there is a balance to be struck with the increasing pressures of environmental and security issues. Article in Port Strategy December 2007 issue
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...
