Charter Transportation in Long Beach
Port city, convention hub, and waterfront destination — GTS Charter provides reliable group transportation throughout Long Beach and the South Bay.
Long Beach is a city with a dual identity — a major industrial port and a vibrant waterfront destination. Its convention center, cruise terminal, university, and growing downtown make it one of Southern California's most active transportation markets.
GTS Charter has been serving Long Beach for over 25 years, providing group transportation for the city's diverse mix of clients. We move convention delegates between the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center and hotels along Ocean Boulevard. We shuttle cruise passengers between LAX and the Long Beach Cruise Terminal for Carnival sailings. We transport corporate teams from the Port of Long Beach's industrial facilities to downtown offices and event venues. We coordinate wedding logistics at the Queen Mary, the Museum of Latin American Art, and waterfront properties along Shoreline Drive.
Long Beach's transportation landscape has its own character: the 710 Freeway corridor that connects the port to the rest of LA, the Ocean Boulevard waterfront strip where most convention hotels are concentrated, the Belmont Shore neighborhood with its narrow residential streets, and the industrial zones around the port that require familiarity with truck routes and restricted access areas. GTS Charter's drivers and dispatchers know these corridors intimately, and our logistics team builds routes that account for the city's specific traffic patterns, bridge closures, and event-driven congestion.
What We Provide
Transportation Services in Long Beach
Corporate Events & Employee Shuttles
Long Beach's corporate community spans aerospace (Boeing, Virgin Orbit's former facilities), energy (port-related industries), healthcare, and a growing tech sector. GTS Charter provides employee shuttle programs, corporate event transportation, and executive transfers throughout the city. We connect Long Beach offices to LAX, DTLA, and the broader LA metro with routes optimized for the 710 and 405 freeway corridors.
Wedding & Private Event Transport
Long Beach offers distinctive wedding venues that draw couples from across Southern California — the Queen Mary, the Reef, the Museum of Latin American Art, and waterfront properties along Rainbow Harbor. GTS Charter coordinates guest shuttles between Long Beach hotels and these venues, managing the Shoreline Drive traffic patterns, the Queen Mary's unique access road and parking requirements, and the downtown loading zones that waterfront celebrations demand.
School & University Transportation
Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and the Long Beach Unified School District all rely on group transportation for field trips, athletic events, campus shuttles, and commencement ceremonies. GTS Charter provides safe, licensed student transportation with background-checked drivers, on-time performance tracking, and vehicles maintained to California school transportation standards. We also transport student groups to the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Queen Mary, and educational programs across LA.
Airport & Cruise Terminal Transfers
Long Beach serves as a gateway for both air and sea travel. Long Beach Airport (LGB) handles regional flights, while the Long Beach Cruise Terminal serves Carnival cruise lines. GTS Charter provides group transfers between LAX, LGB, and the cruise terminal, as well as hotel-to-port shuttles for cruise passengers arriving from across Southern California. We time our arrivals to match embarkation windows and handle luggage logistics for groups of every size.
Convention & Port Events
The Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center hosts major industry conferences, trade shows, and community events throughout the year. The Aquarium of the Pacific and the Queen Mary add corporate event and gala capacity. GTS Charter provides comprehensive convention transportation — airport transfers, hotel shuttles, inter-venue service, and post-event dispersal — with staging plans built around the Convention Center's Pine Avenue and Ocean Boulevard access points.
Contract & Recurring Routes
For Long Beach businesses, port operations, and institutions with ongoing transportation needs, GTS Charter builds contract programs with dedicated vehicles and drivers familiar with Long Beach's streets. Daily employee shuttles, recurring convention service, university campus routes — all managed with predictable pricing, monthly reporting, and a single point of contact.
Local Expertise
Why GTS Knows Long Beach
Port & Industrial Zone Navigation
The Port of Long Beach is one of the busiest ports in the Western Hemisphere, and the industrial zones surrounding it have restricted access, heavy truck traffic, and routing requirements that general transportation providers often do not understand. GTS Charter has operated in and around the port for decades, transporting worker crews, corporate delegations, and tour groups through the terminal island access points, the Gerald Desmond Bridge corridor, and the container terminal staging areas. We know which routes are open to charter vehicles, which require advance clearance, and how to avoid the truck queues that can add 30 minutes to a simple port-area trip.
Waterfront & Convention District
Long Beach's waterfront district — from the Convention Center to the Aquarium of the Pacific to Rainbow Harbor — concentrates most of the city's event activity in a compact zone along Shoreline Drive and Ocean Boulevard. GTS Charter knows every loading zone, every one-way turn, and every parking restriction in this district. We coordinate with convention center management on bus staging, manage the Pine Avenue corridor during events, and position vehicles for the Queen Mary's specific approach road and turnaround area.
710 Corridor & Regional Connections
Long Beach sits at the southern terminus of the 710 Freeway, the primary artery connecting the port and South Bay to Downtown LA. This corridor is among the most heavily trafficked in the region, with severe congestion during commute hours and unpredictable delays from port-related truck traffic. GTS Charter's dispatch team monitors the 710 in real time and routes vehicles through alternative corridors — the 405, the 110, Pacific Coast Highway, or the Lakewood Boulevard surface route — depending on conditions. This routing intelligence is what separates a 35-minute Long Beach-to-DTLA trip from a 90-minute one.
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Tell us your group size, dates, and destination details — and we will build a transportation plan tailored to Long Beach's waterfront, port, and convention districts. No obligation, no pressure.
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