For those of us that sail around the commercial port and never see what's going on on the inside:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/video/5WxqmG
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/video/5WxqmG
Port of Long Beach Video
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Jeff Asbury
Principal Partner
Very cool. Love the time lapse footage! I live in Pedro and commute over Terminal Island every day and am amazed at the size & scope of the combined Ports Of LA & Long Beach. Especially with the views I get driving over the Gerald Desmond and Vincent Thomas bridges every day. Not always pretty but the size of the operation is staggering and boggles the mind. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Matt!
That is way cool indeed.
Fair winds,
Loren
That is way cool indeed.
Fair winds,
Loren
Jeff Asbury
Principal Partner
CARGOLAND on KCRW
Looking forward to this:
CARGOLAND
http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/cargoland
Only on KCRW local Public Radio in LA as far as I know.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are changing in big ways. Spurred by the economic collapse of 2008, cargo companies are building bigger ships to move more goods while using less fuel and terminals are shifting from manual labor to automation. Many longtime workers are struggling to adapt and, in some cases, to keep their jobs.
The workers aren't the only ones affected by these changes. Together, the ports of L.A. and Long Beach make up the largest ports complex in the United States and the ninth largest in the world. Forty percent of the goods Americans buy come through its gates. Over a million jobs in Southern California are directly tied the ports. What happens could have lasting ripples throughout our economy, and yet we rarely hear about the people who spend their days and nights loading and unloading the ships.
Cargoland takes us behind the gates and tells the stories of the men and women on the frontlines of international trade. They are the pilots who guide massive cargo ships into harbor, the linesmen who tie vessels to the docks, the longshoremen who load and unload the containers, and the casuals who pick up jobs whenever they can, hoping to make a life on the waterfront.
Join us the week of December 1 for the launch of Cargoland, an intimate and unflinching look at lives riding the waves of supply and demand.
Looking forward to this:
CARGOLAND
http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/cargoland
Only on KCRW local Public Radio in LA as far as I know.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are changing in big ways. Spurred by the economic collapse of 2008, cargo companies are building bigger ships to move more goods while using less fuel and terminals are shifting from manual labor to automation. Many longtime workers are struggling to adapt and, in some cases, to keep their jobs.
The workers aren't the only ones affected by these changes. Together, the ports of L.A. and Long Beach make up the largest ports complex in the United States and the ninth largest in the world. Forty percent of the goods Americans buy come through its gates. Over a million jobs in Southern California are directly tied the ports. What happens could have lasting ripples throughout our economy, and yet we rarely hear about the people who spend their days and nights loading and unloading the ships.
Cargoland takes us behind the gates and tells the stories of the men and women on the frontlines of international trade. They are the pilots who guide massive cargo ships into harbor, the linesmen who tie vessels to the docks, the longshoremen who load and unload the containers, and the casuals who pick up jobs whenever they can, hoping to make a life on the waterfront.
Join us the week of December 1 for the launch of Cargoland, an intimate and unflinching look at lives riding the waves of supply and demand.