City Of Long Beach

The City of Long Beach Harbor Department (doing business as Harbor Department), a public port authority operated as a division of the City of Long Beach, California, acts as a federal grant recipient funding major port infrastructure modernization and maritime security initiatives through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Harbor Department operates as a prime recipient only — it does not compete for federal contracts and has not placed sub-awards — and its entire federal footprint consists of federal project grants obligating over one billion dollars across fifty awards since 2002.

The Harbor Department's federal grant activity concentrates on three capability areas: port rail infrastructure expansion and modernization, intermodal terminal electrification and cargo-handling efficiency, and port security planning and equipment. The Maritime Administration has funded five major infrastructure grants totaling over nine hundred million dollars. The largest is a $472.3 million Mega Projects award obligated June 2, 2026, for the Pier B Ondock Rail Support Facility Program (CFDA 20.937), which funds North and South Rail Yard Expansion including two new mainline tracks, forty-two new storage and receiving tracks, active at-grade warning devices, and railroad preemption signaling, with completion expected by December 19, 2033. A $279.4 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant obligated March 3, 2026, funds the Dominguez Channel Railroad Bridge widening from two to three tracks, modernization of Pier B Street utilities and roadways across approximately 2,000 linear feet, and Pico Avenue realignment and utility replacement, with completion by January 31, 2031. A $106.6 million PIDP award obligated August 12, 2024, covers East Rail Yard Expansion, a 24-locomotive maintenance facility construction, and West Rail Yard Expansion with support-track extensions and at-grade crossing upgrades, due by August 31, 2031. A $30.1 million PIDP award obligated June 24, 2024, funds replacement of sixty diesel yard tractors with battery-electric units and installation of sixty charging stations at the Long Beach Container Terminal to reduce emissions and streamline cargo operations, completing July 31, 2031. A smaller $106.6 thousand award obligated August 10, 2022, funds Terminal Island Wye Rail Junction capacity improvements, with completion by June 30, 2028.

FEMA's Port Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.056) has awarded the Harbor Department five project grants totaling $15.3 million for maritime security infrastructure and operational capability enhancements. Recent awards include a $5.051 million grant obligated September 1, 2025, for port security planning, operations, equipment, training, and exercises through August 31, 2028; a $3.483 million grant obligated September 1, 2024, for locomotive facility construction, rail track extension, electric charging infrastructure, security systems enhancement, and security training, due August 31, 2027; a $4.65 million award obligated September 21, 2022; and a $2.17 million award obligated September 1, 2021, with completion by August 31, 2024. Additional federal customer agencies include the Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer (8 awards, $645 thousand combined potential value) and the Environmental Protection Agency (6 awards).

Award activity has concentrated in the past five years, with most recent grants obligated in 2024–2026. The Harbor Department has also received federal assistance from ten distinct customer agencies, with the Maritime Administration accounting for ten awards and FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards anchoring eleven awards across the portfolio.