Port of Long Beach

Coast Guard, NTSB Investigators Board Anchor-Dragging Ship In Long Beach

U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board marine casualty investigators boarded the container ship MSC DANIT,
Saturday in the Port of Long Beach. Prior to the visit, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Braden Rostad, chief of investigations in L.A. and Long Beach determined that the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) DANIT was involved in an anchor-dragging incident on Jan. 25, 2021, during a weather event that impacted the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Ships Waiting To Enter Ports of L.A., L.B. in Record Backlog

The San Pedro Bay port complex, which consists of the two busiest container ports in the United States, is experiencing its
largest backlog of ships on record, with more than 58 vessels waiting to enter
the ports today.

The Port of Los Angeles said Tuesday morning that 28 ships were waiting to get into the Port of L.A. and 30 waiting to get into the Port of Long Beach. In the last few weeks, more than 70 ships were waiting to get into
the two ports.

SCAQMD Awards More Than $47 Million in Incentive Funds to Implement and Demonstrate Cleaner Technologies and Fuels to Reduce Air Pollution

The South Coast Air Quality Management District today awarded $47.4 million to 26 businesses, organizations, universities, government agencies and utility companies in the South Coast Basin and Coachella Valley to help them purchase and upgrade their equipment with cleaner and energy efficient technologies.  Much of the funding will be directed at environmental justice communities that are close to industrial areas and are some of the hardest hit by air pollution.  The projects are located in all four counties in SCAQMD’s jurisdiction.