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The Port of Long Beach, administered as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. [3] Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies 3,200 acres (13 km 2 ) of land with 25 miles (40 km) of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California .
Container port draft depths and air drafts Port Draft depth Air draft Port of Miami: 43 feet (13 m) Unlimited Port Everglades: 43 feet (13 m) Unlimited Port of Palm Beach: 36 feet (11 m) Unlimited Port of Jacksonville: 47 feet (14 m) 175 feet (53 m) Port of Savannah: 47 feet (14 m) 185 feet (56 m) Port of Charleston: 52 feet (16 m) 186 feet (57 m)
The container-ship, 1,300 ft (400 m) long and 177 ft (54 m) wide, was inaugurated in Port of Long Beach on February 19. [ 16 ] In July 2016 CMA CGM finalized its acquisition of Singapore-based NOL (Neptune Orient Lines) and its container line APL (American President Lines) after an all-cash offer of US$2.4 billion.
The port is the busiest port in the United States by container volume, the 19th-busiest container port in the world, and the 10th-busiest worldwide when combined with the neighboring Port of Long Beach. The port is also the number-one freight gateway in the United States when ranked by the value of shipments passing through it. [16]
The average vessel size for U.S. port calls as of 2015 is less than 6000 TEU. However recently in 2016, container ships sizing from 12,000-14,000 TEU have been calling to U.S. ports in California. Notably, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is the largest vessel to ever call to a U.S port. The Federal Maritime Commission has recognized the trend in ...
CSSC and CMA CGM signed a contract to produce the ships on 19 September 2017. The value of the contract was worth an estimated US$1.2 billion at the time. [6] [7] Construction of the first two ships began on 26 July 2018. [1] The first ship, CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, named after the founder of CMA CGM Jacques Saadé, was launched in September ...
For many sailing craft 45° on either side of the wind is a no-go zone, where a sail is unable to mobilize power from the wind. Sailing on a course as close to the wind as possible—approximately 45°—is termed beating, a point of sail when the sails are close-hauled. At 90° off the wind, a craft is on a beam reach.
CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery is a container ship that is operated by French shipping company CMA CGM. As the lead ship of her class , she is the flagship of CMA CGM's fleet. Named after the French author and aviator , CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery was ordered in April the 1st 2015 as the first of three sister ships from Hanjin Heavy ...