Port of Los Angeles
Port of Los Angeles | |
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metric revenue tons (FY 2019) | |
Annual container volume | 9.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (CY 2019) |
Value of cargo | $276 billion (CY 2019) |
Passenger traffic | 650,010 passengers (CY 2019) |
Annual revenue | $506 million (FY 2019) |
Website portoflosangeles |
The Port of Los Angeles is a
The port has 25 cargo terminals, 82 container cranes, 8 container terminals, and 113 miles (182 km) of on-dock rail. The port's top imports were furniture, automobile parts, apparel, footwear, and electronics. In 2019, the port's top exports were
History
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The L.A. Harbor, 1899
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Port of Los Angeles, 1913
In 1542,
After Banning's death in 1885, his sons pursued their interests in promoting the port, which handled 500,000 tons of shipping in that year. The
In 1912 the
During
Port district
The
As of 2016[update], the port had about a dozen pilots, including two chiefs. Pilots have specialized knowledge of the harbor and San Pedro Bay. They meet the ships waiting to enter the harbor and provide advice as the vessel is steered through the congested waterway to the dock.[15]
For public safety protection inside the port and of its businesses, the Port of Los Angeles utilizes the
Shipping
The port's container volume was 9.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in calendar year 2019, a 5.5% increase over 2016's record-breaking year of 8.8 million TEU. It's the most cargo moved annually by a Western Hemisphere port. The port is the busiest port in the United States by container volume, the 19th-busiest container port in the world, and the 10th-busiest worldwide when combined with the neighboring Port of Long Beach. The port is also the number-one freight gateway in the United States when ranked by the value of shipments passing through it.[16] The port's top trading partners in 2019 were:
- China/Hong Kong($128 billion)
- Japan ($89 billion)
- Vietnam ($21 billion)
- South Korea ($15 billion)
- Taiwan ($15 billion)
The most-imported types of goods in the 2019 calendar year were, in order: furniture (579,405), automobile parts (340,546), apparel (312,655), and electronic products (209,622).
The port is served by the Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) railroad. From the PHL, intermodal railroad cars go north to Los Angeles via the Alameda Corridor.
In 2011, no American port could handle ships of the
Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are some of the least efficient in the world, according to a ranking by the World Bank and IHS Markit.[6][7]
Cruise ship terminal
The World Cruise Center, located in San Pedro, Los Angeles, beneath the Vincent Thomas Bridge, has three passenger ship berths.[22]
Public access investments
The LA Waterfront is a visitor-serving destination in the city of Los Angeles, funded and maintained by the Port of Los Angeles.[23] In 2009, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission approved the San Pedro Waterfront and Wilmington Waterfront development programs, under the LA Waterfront umbrella. The LA Waterfront consists of a series of waterfront development and community enhancement projects covering more than 400 acres (160 ha) of existing Port of Los Angeles property in both San Pedro and Wilmington. With miles of public promenade and walking paths, acres of open space and scenic views, the LA Waterfront attracts thousands of visitors annually. Remodel and reconstruction was approved by the Los Angeles City Council. Development is set to be completed in 2020. Construction is expected to begin in 2017 at a partial project cost of $90 million, paid by the developer. The San Pedro Public Market is expected to open in 2020, with demolition beginning as early as November 2016.[24]
The
Environment
Oceangoing ships visiting ports are a large source of nitrogen oxides in Southern California. Heavy-duty diesel trucks, that are also part of the freight-moving port complexes, emit exhaust with nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.[28] The California Air Resources Board is working on reducing these sources of pollution that produce the nation's most polluted air smog and kill more than 3,500 Southern Californians each year.[29] In 2021, the South Coast Air Quality Management District required warehouses in the port which do not cut emissions of carbon and pollutants to pay fees.[30][31]
The port installed the first
In an effort to buffer the nearby community of Wilmington from the port, in June 2011 the Wilmington Waterfront Park was opened.[33][34]
Clean Air Action Program
The $2.8 million San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Program (CAAP) initiative was implemented by the Board of Harbor Commissioners in October 2002 for terminal and ship operations programs targeted at reducing polluting emissions from vessels and cargo handling equipment [citation needed]. To accelerate implementation of emission reductions through the use of new and cleaner-burning equipment, the port has allocated more than $52 million in additional funding for the CAAP through 2008.
As of May, 2016, the Port of Los Angeles has already surpassed its initial 2023 emission goals 8 years ahead of predicted time frame. The dramatic success to reduce emissions has seen a decrease in diesel particulate matter reduce 72%, sulfur oxides by 93%, and nitrogen oxide by 22% so far. The CAAP program was updated to 3.0 after this environmental successes of the initiatives. With the recent ramification of environment goals the updates will look to reduce the emissions through efficient supply chain optimization. There has also been recent developments to increase port technologies advancement to promote the development of efficient and green port technologies. The CAAP also looks to be the lead role caretaker of fostering and improving the wildlife and ecosystem of the port.[35]
See also
- List of ports in the United States
- Port of Long Beach
- Kenneth Hahn, youngest pilot in the history of the Port
- SS Sansinena Berth 46 incident
- SS Lane Victory a working museum ship
- USS Iowa Museum (the former USS Iowa), a World War II era battleship that permanently docked at Berth 87 since June 2012 as a museum ship.
- Port of Los Angeles Long Wharf Santa Monica
- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, a Port of Los Angeles shipyard from 1917 to 1989.
- United States container ports
References
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- ^ "Board Members | Commission | Port of Los Angeles". www.portoflosangeles.org.
- ^ Lopez, Ricardo (11 June 2014) "Gene Seroka named Port of Los Angeles executive director" Los Angeles Times
- ^ "Facts and Figures | Statistics | Port of Los Angeles". www.portoflosangeles.org. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Port of Los Angeles (2020). "The Port of Los Angeles – Info About the Port". The Port of Los Angeles.
- ^ a b Baertlein, Lisa (October 20, 2021). "California ports, key to U.S. supply chain, among world's least efficient, ranking shows". Reuters. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ a b Hsu, Andrea (September 11, 2022). "Before the holiday season, workers at America's busiest ports are fighting the robots". NPR.org. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are consistently rated the least efficient in the world. More modern ports in the Middle East and China, where 24/7 operations are the norm, get ships in and out much faster.
- ^ a b c Sowinski, L., Portrait of a Port, World Trade Magazine, February 2007, p. 32
- ^ Estrada, Gilbert (January 24, 2014). "Brief History of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach". KCET. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Big Harbor Three Miles At Sea" Popular Science, December 1931, illustration of harbor and port improvements
- ^ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 76, 78, 585.
- ^ Cuevas, Antonio (December 9, 2007). "Seaport's Legacy Drives Its Future". Los Angeles Times. pp. U6.
- ^ Chinn, Kay (October 15, 2013). "L.A. Port Numbers Down From Last Year". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ "Fitch Rates Port of Los Angeles Harbor, CA's Rev Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Stable" (Press release). Fitch Ratings. August 13, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ^ Dolan, Jack; Pringle, Paul (June 11, 2016). "How one of L.A.'s highest-paying jobs went to the boss' son". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- ^ "Top 25 U.S. Freight Gateways, Ranked by Value of Shipments: 2008". U.S. Department of Transportation. 2009. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ Frank Pope. "Bigger, cleaner, slower – the new giants of the seas" Mirror&Archive The Times, February 22, 2011. Accessed: 6 December 2013.
- ^ "APM Rotterdam retrofitting cranes for more EEE calls". longshoreshippingnews.com. December 2, 2013. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "ABS Record: Emma Maersk". American Bureau of Shipping. July 23, 2009. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ "Largest container ship will be 16% larger and 20% less CO2and 35% more fuel efficient". Next Big Future. February 21, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ Karen Robes Meeks. Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles invest millions to accommodate ships, 2014
- ^ "Cruise Passenger and Ferry Terminals". The Port of Los Angeles. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ^ "Visit the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles". www.lawaterfront.org. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "Public Access Investment Plan" (PDF). portoflosangeles.org. February 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ a b "Attractions | LA Waterfront". www.lawaterfront.org.
- ^ "SanPedro.com: POLA Waterfront Red Car Line - with map". sanpedro.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012.
- ^ "RailwayPreservation.com: Port of LA Waterfront Red Car Line". Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
- ^ Barboza, Tony (January 3, 2020). "Port ships are becoming L.A.'s biggest polluters. Will California force a cleanup?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ Wright, Pam (August 11, 2016). "Thousands Die Each Year In Southern California From Air Pollution, Study Says". Weather.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- Yale Climate Connections. August 18, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ "South Coast AQMD Governing Board Adopts Warehouse Indirect Source Rule" (PDF). South Coast Air Quality Management District. May 7, 2021.
- ^ Philips, Peter. Los Angeles Port Now Providing Shore-Side Power to Three Cruise Lines Pacific Maritime, 1 March 2011. Accessed: 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Wilmington Waterfront Park". Port of Los Angeles. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Landers, Jay (July 2011). "Los Angeles creates park to provide buffer between port, community". Civil Engineering Magazine: 27–30.
- ^ "02 May Port of Los Angeles: Global Model for Sustainability & Environmental Initiatives". CFR Rinkens. May 2, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
Further reading
- Vickery, Oliver (1979). Harbor heritage: tales of the harbor area of Los Angeles, California. Mountain View, Calif.: Morgan Press/Farag. ISBN 978-0-89430-036-3.
External links
- Official website
- Panoramic photographs of Los Angeles Harbor, taken in 1908 and 1926, The Bancroft Library
- Video series: The Port of Los Angeles: A History: