NO. DATE OF SALES PUBLICATION PRICE 134 Ports of Southern New England (Bridgeport, CT; New Haven, CT; Connecticut River; New London, CT; New Orleans, LA......... 1990 10.00 20A Mississippi River Ports Below and Above New Orleans, LA 1992 10.50 Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, LA... 1990 11.00 Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange, TX. 1988 8.00 Galveston and Texas City, TX... 1996 15.00 Houston, TX.... 1989 10.00 Corpus Christi, TX...... 1993 10.00 Freeport, Point Comfort/Port Lavaca, Brownsville, and Ports along Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, TX... Portland, Astoria, The Dalles, Boardmen, and Umatilla, OR; Longview, Kalama, Vancouver, Pasco/ Louisville, KY, Ports on Ohio River (Miles 560-980), and Cumberland and Green Rivers... 1992 10.50 Natchez, Vicksburg, and Greenville, MS, and Ports on Lower Mississippi River (Miles 255-620 AHP)...... 1991 8.00 * Tentative date of publication. Port Series reports may be ordered from the Navigation Data Center (CEWRC-NDC-P), 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868. Federal law requires advance payment for all purchases. Check or money order (in U.S. funds) should be made payable to the Superintendent of Documents. Telephone/telefax orders are accepted and can be charged to Visa, Master Card, and Superintendent of Documents or National Technical Information Service accounts (Phone: 703/428-8059; Telefax: 703/428-6047). Prices are subject to change without notice. For a review of other services provided through the Navigation Data Center, please contact the Internet Access NDC Home Page at http://www.wrc-ndc.usace.army.mil; or for E-mail: webmaster@wrc-ndc.usace.army.mil. 10/96 INTRODUCTION This report on the Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Port Hueneme, California is published as No. 28 of the Port Series. It supersedes a similar report published in 1985. The reports in the Port Series cover the principal United States coastal, Great Lakes, and inland ports, and are compiled and published by the Ports and Waterways Division, Navigation Data Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Casey Building, Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3868, under authority of Section 7 of the River and Harbor Act of July 19, 1918, Section 500 of the Transportation Act of February 28, 1920, and Section 8 of the Merchant Marine Act of June 5, 1920. Acknowledgment is made of the valuable assistance provided by the District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District, Los Angeles, California; facility operators; port organizations; shipping and transportation companies; and city and state officials in the compilation of data for this report. Unless otherwise stated, the information contained in this report was current upon completion of field survey in August 1995. Additional revised data have been included through September 1996. All data for this report was collected and processed by personnel of the Ports and Waterways Division, Navigation Data Center. We invite user comments to help us maintain an accurate and current port data file inasmuch as there is an average 10-years interval between revisions. Please report any errors, additions, deletions, and changes directly to Ports and Waterways Division, Navigation Data Center (CEWRC-NDC-P), 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3868, telephone number (703) 428-6495, telefax numbers (703) 428-6047 and (703) 428-8171. METRIC CONVERSION TABLE Section 3 of Public Law 94-163, the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, declares that the policy of the United States shall be to coordinate and plan the increasing use of the metric system in the United States. As an initial step, in accordance with the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, this Metric Conversion Table is included in this Port Series Report. PORTS OF LONG BEACH, LOS ANGELES, PORT AND HARBOR CONDITIONS LOCATION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbors, although divided by a political boundary, form a single geographic and economic water-terminal entity and serve the same inland region. The harbors occupy a major part of San Pedro Bay, and are located approximately 23 statute miles south of the business center of the city of Los Angeles, 371 nautical miles southeast from San Francisco, and 95 nautical miles northwest of San Diego. Long Beach. Long Beach Harbor is on the eastern part of San Pedro Bay. The city of Long Beach is about 23 miles south of the business district of Los Angeles; the harbor is about one mile west of the center of Long Beach. The distance over San Pedro Bay between the entrances to Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbors is about 4 miles. Natural protection for San Pedro Bay is provided by the highlands of San Pedro Hills and the island of Santa Catalina, about 25 miles distant. Breakwaters have been constructed in the bay by the United States providing additional protection. Long Beach Harbor is made up of the Inner, Middle, and Outer Harbors. Cerritos Channel, two dead-end channels, and a turning basin comprise the Inner Harbor. The Middle Harbor area consists of East and West Basins, separated by the Back Channel and enclosed by a solid-fill mole on the west and the outer extension of Pier F on the east. From the detached breakwater (Long Beach Harbor entrance) to the Inner Harbor turning basin, the distance is approximately 4 miles. The Outer Harbor consists of the harbor areas southerly of the Navy Mole and Pier F, and include Pier F, Pier G, and Pier J. Los Angeles. The Port of Los Angeles includes San Pedro and Wilmington, and a major portion of Terminal Island. The harbor is entirely manmade and is composed of an Outer Harbor and an Inner Harbor. The Outer Harbor shoreline consists mainly of San Pedro and Terminal Island; Wilmington borders entirely on the Inner Harbor. Protected water in the Outer Harbor is afforded by two Federal breakwaters with a 2,200-foot-wide entrance. San Pedro Breakwater extends about 0.9 mile in a southeasterly direction from the eastern side of Point Fermin, then turns east-northeastward for another 0.9 mile to Los Angeles Harbor Light. Middle Breakwater is detached and extends eastnortheastward for 2.1 miles from the Los Angeles entrance, thence eastward for one mile to the Long Beach entrance, which has a width of 1,800 feet. Long Beach Breakwater, a continuation of the detached breakwater, extends eastward 2.2 miles from the Long Beach entrance. |