Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach

USC Environmental Health Outreach Program THE Impact Project Music by: Kevin MacLeod

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Tug boats are used to guide the huge vessels around the harbor to the destination terminal

Maersk ship with cranes actively removing containers

Better view of the control cabin of one crane

‘Rail-transtainers’ are used to move containers betwen UTRs and rail cars

Truckers waiting on the flip-line to for service

UTR waiting on the flip-line for tophandler 8 to give it a container

Top-handler 8 waiting for a UTR to position itself for container placement.

Container is placed on the UTR. The green container is now getting ready for removal.

Top-handler 8 moving into position

Top-handler 8 waiting for next container

Longshorewoman working top-handler 8

Rail transtainer wheel

Rail-trans moving to pick up a container from UTR to place on rails.

UTR driving off as rail-trans places a 20 foot container on rail car (or gondola)

Container being released

Rail ‘dock aloft’ places cones in the upper 4 corners so a 40 foot container can be placed on top

UTR bringing a 40 foot container to place on top of two 20 foot containers and ‘married together’ with cones

Dock aloft waiting for containers to be set so he can lock them together

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Top-handler 8 waiting for a UTR to position itself for container placement.

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