Electric Trash Skimmers Installed in Port of Long Beach
California's Port of Long Beach is working with one of its tenants to remove surface pollution from the water.Marathon Pipe Line (MPL), part of Marathon Petroleum’s midstream segment, MPLX, recently installed two electric trash skimmers at its dock in Terminal 2, and the port agreed to pick up the trash for disposal at a reduced cost.“The skimmers are attached to the dock. They float and go up and down with the tide, using a system similar to a swimming pool skimmer to suck in trash,” said Marathon Petroleum Advanced Emergency Preparedness Professional Court Hemerick.The skimmers
Simple-to-use eDNA Test Will Help Track Marine Species
an additional 55 native fishes that the trawl surveys did not detect.“This study indeed demonstrated that eDNA metabarcoding approaches were relatively successful in detecting a broad range of marine taxa within both seaports,” said Justin Luedy, Environmental Planning Specialist at Port of Long Beach, one of the study’s co-authors. He noted that the pilot project produced new reference barcodes for 16 fish species, nine of which had never been cataloged before, including California halibut, queenfish, and kelp bass.While the team didn’t collect enough trawl data to analyze species
New Algorithm Could Simplify Decisions for Ship Channel Dredging
around the world. The New Jersey Department of Transportation Office of Maritime Resources provided funding and data to support this study.This clamshell dredge was put to work for a project created to remove 350,000 cubic yards of material from the federal channel in Newport Harbor, part of the Port of Long Beach, Calif. About one-third of the project’s dredged material found new purposes when it was reused in a development project in the Long Beach system. (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Maritime Surveillance in the New Millennium
provides lifetime customer support to the MLEIN owner/operators. Ongoing customer support generates a valuable feedback loop. The experienced MLEIN operators continue to provide system improvement requests that contribute to tailored system enhancements. Boosting Vessel Surveillance in the Port of Long Beach– Enhancing Surveillance to Detect Small Targets Based on small boat attack tactics navies worldwide have been paying close attention to small boat behavior within a port. The Port of Long Beach determined they needed additional sensors to provide this key missing component to their Port
NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel to Meet in Long Beach
; Three-day public meeting of NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel o Discussions on navigational tools needed for precision navigation for the Port of Long Beach, o Stakeholder breakout sessions, focusing on coastal intelligence (observations, measurements, models, forecasts, and analyses) and coastal resilience, o
New Lineup for NOAA Hydrographic Services Panel
, Illinois Scott R. Perkins, Surveying and Mapping LLC, Overland, Kansas The new members will join the panel at the next public meeting from April 8-10 in Long Beach, California, where they will focus on NOAA’s progress in improving data delivery to support precision navigation at the Port of Long Beach, and improving nautical charts for Arctic maritime traffic. The Hydrographic Services Review Panel is composed of experts in hydrographic surveying, vessel pilotage, port administration, tides and currents, coastal zone management, geodesy, recreational boating, marine transportation and
Long Beach Police Buy New SeaSAR Tech
of dive gear now in our inventory,” said Dive Team leader Sgt. Steve Smock in a letter to Shark. “Each of my divers agreed that the Navigator as a minimum will be loaded on the truck for every dive.” The Long Beach PD are responsible for all law enforcement issues for the entire Port of Long Beach, from the outer anchorages to the beaches and marinas, flood controls and localized inland waters. Such a diverse area of coverage dictated the requirements for a comprehensive, portable suite of search and recovery, imaging systems. The modularity of the SeaSAR system allows it to be customized
February 2025
