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Transport Secretary Buttigieg Attends Groundbreaking for POLB Rail Support Facility

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and officials from across the nation on July 18 attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Port of Long Beach’s Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, a $1.567 billion endeavor that the port has said will define its cargo movement future. About 500 people gathered for the groundbreaking event for the project, which is expected to double the footprint of the existing rail yard from 82 acres to 171 acres. It is being built in phases, each enhancing cargo movement, with construction scheduled for completion by 2032. In recognition of the facility’s importance to the…

Port of Long Beach to Give Pier B On-Dock Rail Project Update

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The public can hear the latest information about the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility project at a virtual meeting scheduled for June 21. Port staff members plan to give an update on the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, which the port considers central to its multi-million dollar rail capital improvement program. The project is expected to move more containers from terminals directly onto trains instead of using trucks and link smaller train segments to full-sized trains. “Moving cargo by on-dock rail is cleaner and more efficient, as it reduces truck traffic,” the port said in a statement. The…

POLB to Give Update On On-Dock Rail Support Facility Project

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Port of Long Beach officials plan to give stakeholders an update on the port’s Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Project on June 15. The project is central to the port’s rail capital improvement program and would enact the port to move more of the cargo that would normally leave the docks by truck onto trains instead. “Moving cargo by on-dock rail is cleaner and more efficient, as it reduces truck traffic,” the port said in a statement. “No cargo trucks would visit the facility. Instead, smaller train segments would be brought to the facility and joined together into a…