Plans for the Port of Long Beach's proposed container terminal at Pier S continue to crawl through the development and regulatory process, more than 15 years since the port purchased the property.

Port staff has made a cautious prediction that the Environmental Impact Report for the project will be completed by August, which would hopefully lead to a finalized, port- and public-certified document sometime in early 2011.

Although Long Beach will not begin negotiations with potential tenants until the EIR is completed, several interested parties are already eyeing the proposed 160-acre terminal, including Taipei-based Evergreen Shipping.

 - The Cunningham Report