The Port of Long Beach continues to invest $2.4 billion over the next decade in its capital program, building out on-dock rail capacity, upgrading harbor structures, and preparing for a planned dredging effort. One of the port's tenants is pitching in by funding a nearly $400 million effort to fill in an unused south slip to create 19 acres of new land, while building a 3,400-foot continuous wharf to host mega-container ships—a massive demolition, excavation and eventually concrete paving job that takes place right in the center of shipping activities at the nation’s second-largest seaport. When the Pier G south slip fill project is complete in late 2027, the terminal will have three continuous berths totaling 3,400 ft. “That will give us better operational flexibility. It will enable us to handle simultaneously two of the largest container ships in the world, which we can't do today with our current wharves,” says Halfton Ross, chief project officer with International Transportation Service .…