The
Port of Long Beach, also known as Long Beach's
Harbor Department, is the second-busiest
container port in the
United States, after the
Port of Los Angeles, which it adjoins. Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies of land with of waterfront in the city of
Long Beach, California. The Port of Long Beach is located less than two miles (3 km) southwest of downtown Long Beach and approximately south of downtown
Los Angeles. The seaport generates approximately
US$100 billion in trade and provides more than 316,000 jobs in
Southern California.