The Port of Long Beach was the happiest port on earth Saturday, October 4, as nearly 10,000 people attended the Fourth Annual Green Port Fest. The Port hosted a day-long block-party for Long Beach residents, their families and friends, transforming the street outside Port headquarters into a mini-theme park of train and boat rides, exhibits, entertainment and more.

OOCL participated at the Green Port Festival for the second year running and was once again a great success. The OOCL booth was kept busy with a stream of interested visitors. The booth had a large video screen with a a slide show depicting OOCL and OOCL Logistics business. The "OOCL Long Beach" ship model on display which was very popular.



From left to right:Front Row - Neve Conolly;Second Row - Mia Conolly, Morgan Capristo , Veronica Flores;Back Row - Paul Conolly, Michael Broniola, Andrew Donohue, Megan Gordon, Amber Flores, Joseph Flores, Anthony Flores

OOCL went beyond mere compliance early this year to active participation in the community. Using $100,000 of the rebates it received for voluntarily slowing its ships down while in the harbor, OOCL provided funds to the Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine for the development of the city’s first playground to be fully accessible to disabled children. OOCL also donated $40,000 to the Long Beach Education Foundation for a computer lab at the Elizabeth Hudson K-8 Academy and for Poly High School’s Pac Rim language laboratory.

OOCL boasts 100-percent compliance with the port’s Green Flag program. As Anthony Otto, President of OOCL’s subsidiary Long Beach Container Terminals Inc., says, "Long Beach has been a great home for us. OOCL and LBCTI are pleased to give something back to the community, which contributes so much to our companies’ success."