A US$870m investment project at the Port of Long Beach aims to improve efficiency by shifting more shipping containers from trucks to rail, resulting in a more sustainable transfer of cargo and helping the port remain competitive and meet environmental targets.

No trucks would visit the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, which is a centrepiece of the Port’s $1bn rail improvement programme. The first arrival, departure and storage tracks are expected to be completed in 2024, with additional tracks coming online in 2030, followed by project completion in 2032.

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Demand for on-dock rail in the harbour is expected to double by 2035.

“The Port’s $1 billion rail program is designed to meet the needs of our customers,” says Long Beach board of harbor commissioners president Tracy Egoscue. “Moving more cargo by train helps our marine terminals transfer cargo faster. At the same time, it helps us make progress toward the environmental goals the Commission set in the Clean Air Action Plan and continue to lead the industry on sustainable operations.”

Port of Long Beach executive director, Mario Cordero, says the development is strategically planned to deliver several key improvements within the next six years. “These will provide major incremental benefits to the Port’s on-dock rail network, improving the flow of cargo to and from our marine terminals.”

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Currently, the ability to build long trains is limited due to the lack of adequate yard tracks and the configuration of mainline tracks. The Pier B facility would change this, providing track space to join together sections of trains assembled at terminals. A one-mile-long train can take as many as 750 trucks off the roadways.

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