Port of Long Beach

From Global Energy Monitor

Port of Long Beach is in southern California, United States.

The facility is the second-busiest container port in the United States, after the Port of Los Angeles, which it adjoins.[1] The port exports coal and petcoke, a byproduct of oil sands refining. Along with the Levin-Richmond Terminal and the Port of Stockton, it operates one of only three active coal terminals on the US West Coast.[2]

Location

The map below shows the location of Pier G at the Port of Long Beach, where coal shipments are handled.

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Coal

Coal is transported from Colorado and Utah by rail to the Port of Long Beach, where about 1.3 million short tons (approximately 1.18 metric tonnes) is exported a year, primarily to Asia. Companies that use the port for coal export include Metropolitan Stevedore Company and Oxbow Carbon, owned by William I. Koch.[3] Coal is exported through Pier G, which has a storage capacity of nearly 700,000 short tons and an annual throughput of over 4 million short tons (approximately 3.63 million metric tonnes).[4] The 2019 strategic plan for the Port of Long Beach states that about 1.5 million short tons of coal is handled annually, and that the amount of coal handled is unlikely to increase by 2040.[5]

In 2014 the Port signed contracts with Metropolitan Stevedore Company and Oxbow Carbon to continue exporting coal and petroleum coke - about 1.5 million short tons annually for 15 to 20 years. In response, environmental groups petitioned for environmental review of the proposal. In a 9-0 vote taken in August 2014, the Long Beach City Council decided that doing an environmental impact statement before shipping the coal and petcoke abroad was not necessary.[6]

Project Details

  • Operator:
  • Location: Long Beach, California
  • Capacity (Million metric tonnes per annum): 3.63
  • Status: Operating
  • Type: Exports

Articles and Resources

References

  1. White, Ronald D. (August 7, 2011). "Long Beach port chief's long voyage nears an end". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  2. Eric Watkins, California move to ban coal exports from Bay Area terminals, Lloyd's List Intelligence, Jan. 3, 2019
  3. "Port of Long Beach's coal exports tarnish its "green" reputation," NRDC, May 14, 2014
  4. "Long Beach," Oxbow, accessed Sep 2021
  5. Draft Port Master Plan Update 2020, Port of Long Beach, July 2019
  6. Steve Horn, "After Oregon Rejects Coal Export Plan, Long Beach Votes to Export Coal and PetKoch," DeSmog Blog, Aug 21, 2014

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