• Why are our seaports important?
  • The largest US seaport for ocean freight
  • World's third largest seaport for containerized cargo (about 90% of all freight shipped is shipped in containers)
  • More than 400,000 Southland jobs are directly related to international trade and ocean freight
  • Cargo movement affects the environment of Southern California
• What are the important issues?
  • Commerce: jobs and economic development of the region
  • Environment: the environmental costs of those economic benefits
  • Security: the risks of terrorism because of our size and importance to the US and Southern California economics
  • Traffic: both an environmental and transportation issue

 

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