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Long Beach Cruises - Climb aboard Long Beach Cruises Cruise Marketplace has cruises departing from Long Beach. The Port of Long Beach, also known as Long Beach's Harbor Department, is the 2nd busiest seaport in the United States. Acting as a major gateway for U.S.-Asian trade, the port occupies 3,200 acres (13 km2) of land with 25 miles of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California. The Port of Long Beach is located less than two miles southeast of Downtown Long Beach and approximately 25 miles south of the city of Los Angeles. The seaport boasts approximately $100 billion dollar in trade and provides more than 316,000 jobs in Southern California. Awarded with the Environmental Management Award in 2007, the Port of Long Beach strives to reduce pollution through many environmental programs. Call CruiseMarketplace today to book your cruises departing from Long Beach. 1.800.826.4333.

The Port of Long Beach was founded on 800 acres (3.2 km2) of mudflats on June 24, 1911 at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. In 1917, the first Board of Harbor Commissioners formed to supervise harbor operations. Due to the booming economy, Long Beach voters approved a $5 million bond to improve the inner and outer harbor. By the late 1920s, more than one million tons of cargo were handled along with construction of additional piers to accommodate the growing business. Cruise Marketplace books cruises departing from Long Beach - 1-800-826-4333.

In 2003, merchandise trade passing through the Port of Long Beach ($96 billion) accounted for 12 percent of the value of total U.S. international waterborne trade. These freight shipments accounted for more than 9 percent of all U.S. waterborne exports and 13 percent of imports. POLB is a major gateway for imports with inbound shipments accounting for 82 percent of the value of freight it handled in 2003. Call 1-800-826-4333 to book your cruises departing from Long Beach today.

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What is so special about cruises departing from Long Beach? By weight, the facility ranks sixth among all water gateways, handling 51 million tons or 4 percent of total U.S. international waterborne freight tonnage. Although Long Beach is a significant gateway for both imports and exports, inbound freight shipments account for 72 percent of the tonnage handled by the port in 2003. Between 1999 and 2003, the tonnage of cargo handled at Long Beach increased 26 percent, due mostly to growth in imports from 27 million to 37 million tons (or 37 percent). Exports rose slightly from 13 million to 14 million tons.

Long Beach is primarily a container port although it handles noncontainerized bulk cargo. In 2003, the port handled about 3.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) carrying international imports and exports. This accounted for 18 percent of U.S. containerized TEUs handled at all our nation's seaports. About 78 percent of the POLB's containerized cargo was inbound. Call CruiseMarketplace today to book your cruises departing from Long Beach. 1.800.826.4333.

Nearly 2,800 vessels called at Port of Long Beach in 2003. Container vessels were the most frequent type to call at the port, accounting for 48 percent, About 27 percent of the calls were by tanker ships.

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