history of the port of long beach

In this essay, the author

• Explains that the san pedro bay breakwater began construction in 1899 to facilitate the building of the port of los angeles.
• Explains that the los angeles dock and terminal company declared bankruptcy in 1916 and turned over all operations of the port to the city of long beach. a committee was formed to oversee harbor operations.
• Explains that long beach voters approved a five million dollar bond for use in improving the inner harbor area as well as beginning development of the outer harbor areas.
• Explains that the san pedro bay breakwater extension was completed in 1932 and oil was discovered in the harbor in 1936. with capital, the port could quickly produce world-class facilities without immediately reflecting the cost of such improvements back to the customer.
• Narrates how the san pedro bay breakwater began construction in 1941 and was completed in 1949.
• Explains that the drilling of oil in the harbor brought with it many gains. subsidence is defined by the columbia encyclopedia as, "the lowering of a portion of the earth's crust."
• Explains pierpoint landing became the largest sportfishing operation in the world in 1948 and attracts over two million anglers annually.
• Explains that the port of long beach reached another first in 1949 with its jacobsen pilot station installing a shore based radar system. pier e was completed and pier b doubled in size.
• Explains that the tidelands grant of 1911 was amended to authorize half of the revenues from the tidelands to be used for non-harbor projects.
• Explains that engineers and geologists figured out that if they replaced what they took from the ground with something that they have in abundance, they should be able to stop or slow the subsidence.
• Explains the concept of containerization in the shipping industry. sea-land services was the first shipping company to offer containerized cargo at the port of long beach in 1962.
• Explains that pier j and pier f were completed in 1965, the largest landfill expansion in the world at the time. the port of long beach completed a seven point six million dollar expansion.
• Explains that the port of long beach earned at least three major awards from the american association of port authorities environmental award program.
• Explains how pier e's outdated breakbulk terminals were converted to a more modern multipurpose cargo handling facility, run by california united terminals. hanjin container lines also uses the port.
• Explains how the port of long beach became its first port of call in the united states after normalization of us relations with china in 1980.
• Explains that in the 1990's, hanjin, toyota, hyundai, maersk line, and metropolitan stevedore all expanded their terminals. the nickname for these giants is post-panamax.
• Explains that the port of long beach has grown with its surroundings, from its humble beginnings of unloading redwood lumber onto the municipal pier to the seven thousand six hundred acres that it is today.
• Explains that the port of long beach is the united states' second busiest seaport, and the world's twelfth largest container cargo port. the top imports were machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, clothing and toys.