Port of Long Beach Series: Traffic Jam on the Sea

The Port of Long Beach is the largest and busiest on America's west coast. In the city I've found a few places that cater to sailors and seamen only, and turn away people without credentials.

In any case, I saw a traffic jam of sorts as ships seemed to be lining up to get access to be uunloaded. Here are a series of pictures:

There will be some overlap...







That last picture shows a cruise ship off in the distance on the left side. I saw that cruise ship, a Carnival Cruise liner, docked this morning when I went on my run (I'm trying to take advantage of having the ocean so close).