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LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Port of Long Beach Friday unveiled a center designed to defend against cyberattacks in an effort to protect the facility and goods movement.
The center features enhanced technology for around-the-clock cybersecurity monitoring and defense, port officials said. It also reinforces several data networks associated with the port’s operations.
Port officials said they often deal with cybersecurity issues, often blocking or stopping an attempted breach every three seconds. The new center will bolster the port’s efforts in safeguarding the digital supply chain.
Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba announced the new center during an event alongside Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners President Frank Colonna and U.S Coast Guard Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak. The showcase highlighted several partnerships among the port, local, state and federal agencies on cybersecurity.
“The Cyber Defense Operations Center represents the Port of Long Beach’s latest initiative to strengthen our cybersecurity capabilities,” Hacegaba said in a statement. “Through the use of enhanced technology, this center allows us to sustain world-class cybersecurity defenses and protect critical data networks to keep cargo flowing and the economy moving as we develop the port of the future.”
Hacegaba also announced the port had its third-best April on record, with about 818,000 twenty-foot equivalent units being moved through the facility.
Overall cargo volumes dropped by 5.7% in April 2026 compared to the same month last year, which was the port’s busiest April in history.
Long Beach dockworkers and terminal operators moved nearly 390,000 TEUs in imports last month, a decrease of about 7.1%, while exports increased by 26.7% to nearly 119,000 TEUs compared to April 2025.
Empty containers decreased by 12.6% to 309,000 TEUs, according to officials.
“In our industry, the only certainty is uncertainty, and because we are part of the global supply, we must prepare for potential issues that may affect cargo movement,” Hacegaba said in a statement. “With recent supply chain disruptions adding volatility and instability to global trade, it’s even more important for our port to remain a safe harbor in the sea of trade and geopolitical uncertainty to keep cargo moving.”

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