| Green Flag Wins National Award  The innovative and successful "Green Flag" program, which cleans the air by slowing cargo ships in the harbor, has earned the Port of Long Beach a national environmental excellence award.
This one-of-a kind program was recognized in March by the National Association of Environmental Professionals with its Environmental Management Award. The honor was presented at the organization's annual conference in San Diego.
The award is given to organizations and programs that achieve "lasting contributions to improving environmental methods, improving the quality of the environment, and reducing impacts on the environment," said Jim Melton, President of the National Association of Environmental Professionals.
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Clean Truck Program Speeding Ahead  The Port has adopted a landmark Clean Trucks Program to replace and modernize the entire port trucking fleet and slash truck-related air pollution by 80 percent by 2012.
Late last year the Harbor Commission voted to progressively ban old, dirty trucks from serving the Port, starting October 1, 2008.
The Commission also enacted a cargo fee that will be part of a $2 billion subsidy program to help finance the lease or purchase of new, cleaner trucks.
In March the Commission put the final touches on the plan, voting unanimously to adopt a truck concession requirement that will help identify "clean" trucks, ensure reliable short-haul ("drayage") service, and improve air quality, security and safety.
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Book Your Harbor Tour Reservations  From towering gantry cranes to massive cargo ships to sunbathing sea lions, there's much to see on a Port of Long Beach harbor tour.
It's a chance to witness one of the world's busiest seaports at work, to see cargo operations in the harbor and learn how the Port has become a global leader in environmental stewardship.
No wonder the cruises are a popular attraction in Long Beach.
From May through October, the free, 90-minute, narrated Port tours depart from Shoreline Village's Rainbow Harbor.
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Security Director Named 'Most Influential'  Cosmo Perrone's mission to revamp and modernize security at the Port of Long Beach has not gone unnoticed by the security industry. The Port's Director of Security has been recognized as one of the "Top 25 Most Influential People in the Security Industry" by Security Magazine (securitymag.com), a leading trade journal.
"Port Authority Visionary" is how the journal described Perrone, who has brought the Port's Security Division into the 21st century with his focus on efficient organization, cutting-edge technology and best security practices.
Perrone, a former security director in Long Beach for aerospace giant Boeing, has served as the Port's Director of Security for three years. In that time he has been instrumental in shifting the Port's security operations from a localized law-enforcement model to one that emphasizes homeland security, asset protection and inter-agency cooperation.
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Exporting to Outer Space  The two vessels couldn't look more different. One cuts a dashing figure, a trim but imposing cruiser bristling with communications towers and dishes. The other is the odd duck, a soaring platform converted from a mobile oil rig, with 10 massive legs atop two pontoons the size of Trident submarines.
Together, the two vessels, berthed side-by-side at the Port of Long Beach, comprise the fleet of Sea Launch, the world's first and only ocean-based satellite-launching enterprise of its kind.
Based on 16 acres of the former Long Beach Naval Complex, the thriving operation is a business partnership with a decidedly international flavor, with American, Norwegian, Russian and Ukrainian business interests.
The international mix has worked well, with the operation expecting to loft six satellites into orbit this year, for a variety of customers from around the world.
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