View New Episode of ‘Pulse of the Port’
Videos focus on storms, outlook, dispatch hall, new commissioner 

February 12, 2009

In the new episode of “Pulse of the Port,” the Port of Long Beach’s award winning video program, field reporter Scott Nelson braves the recent storms to show the hardy souls who keep the Port humming, even with 17-foot ocean swells and torrential rains.

Also in the February episode, Port Executive Director Richard D. Steinke delivers one of the most anticipated “State of the Port” addresses in the annual event’s history. Find out how hundreds of dock workers get their job assignments each day at the ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall. And meet Thomas Fields, a Washington D.C. native and the latest member of the Port’s Board of Harbor Commissioners. 

Watch individual segments on the Port's YouTube channel or catch the entire show on Long Beach Television Channel 8 Mondays at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at noon. Verizon subscribers can catch the program on Channel 21.

Click on links for individual segments.

- Stormy Waters
- State of the Port
- ILWU Local 13 Dispatch Hall
- Commissioner Thomas Fields

Contact: Art Wong, Port of Long Beach Assistant Director of Communications/Public Information Officer, (562) 590-4123, (562) 619-5665 (cell), or wong@polb.com.