Port of Long Beach
 
Founded in1911, the 3,200 acre Port of Long Beach is a premier gateway for trade between the United States and Asia.  In an annual basis the port handles more that 7 million containers (TEU's) and cargo valued in excess of $100 billion.  On average the port will handle in excess of 19,000,20 foot containers each day.  The ports loaded containers account for 33% of allow product moving through all of California ports and 13% moving through all of the United States.
 
The Port comprises over 3,200 acres,10 piers, 80 berths and 71 post-panamax gantry cranes.  The Long Beach Port is the 12 the busiest container cargo port in the world and when combined with the Los Angeles Port, would be the world's busiest port complex after Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China.
 
The port's impact on the local economy is huge with over 30,000 in Long Beach alone and 315,000 in the five-county southern California region.
 
East Asian trade accounts for more that 90% of the shipments through the port with the top trading partners being China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia.  Its top imports are machinery, electrical machinery, vehicles, toys, sports equipment and bedding.  Its top exports consist of machinery, plastic, electrical machinery, vehicles and organic chemicals.

Port of Los Angeles
 
The Port of Los Angeles is an economic powerhouse!  The Port is one of the world's largest trade gateways and the scope if its economic contribution to the region is robust with billions of dollars in industry sales each year in the Southern California region.  These dynamics equate to over 300,000 full and part time jobs and billion of dollars in state and local taxes.
 
The Port is located in San Pedro Bay, just 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.  The encompasses 7500 acres, 43 miles of waterfront and features 27 cargo terminals including dry and liquid bulk, container, break-bulk, automobile and omni facilities.  Combined the terminals handle almost 190 million metric revenue tons of cargo annually.
 
When combining the Long Beach and Los Angeles Ports as one (since they are together geographically) they represent the largest port by many multiples within the U.S. and one of the power house ports in the world.