The suspension bridge crosses LA Harbor and links San Pedro with the man-made Terminal Island. World Cruise Center (San Pedro) is located beneath Vincent Thomas Bridge (length 6060 ft / 1847 m). Infrastructural upgrades were completed at the terminals TraPac and Yusen. It collects and stores key cargo data to facilitate better harbor tracking. Among the implemented in 2017 technology upgrades was "Port Optimizer" (online portal developed by GE Transportation). The previous record (2013) was 7,9 million TEUs.įor FY2017, the seaport reported a record year for cargo shipping - 9,343 million TEUs (5,5% increase over 2016). August 2017 became the second-busiest month in the Port's history, following January 2017 when the container cargo volumes climbed by 9% over January 2016, with handled 8,8 million TEUs. In August 2017, the Port reported record-breaking container shipping volumes of 847,857 TEU-containers (6,1% increase over August 2016). With its arrival in November 2013, the boxship CMA CGM Corte Real made a new North American record for call port cargo handling (10,000+ TEU moves). In 2012 was completed a dredging project for deepening the main shipping channel to the current 16 m (53 ft). The port has a total of 23 cargo terminals (270 deepwater berths), 9 container terminals (with 77 gantry cranes) and on-site railway system (total length 182 km / 113 mi). Cargo volumes represent ~43% of the USA's total imported cargoes, ranking LA as USA's largest container port and the world's 16th largest (9th when combined with Long Beach).Ĭhannel depth (53 ft / 16 m) allows access to the world's largest container ships, tankers and bulk cargo carriers. The worth of seaport's annually shipped cargoes is ~USD 1,2 billion. It employs 896,000+ people (throughout LA) and 3,6+ million worldwide. The seaport is approx 32 km (20 mi) south of downtown LA. Port Los Angeles is located in San Pedro Bay, in LA's neighborhoods San Pedro and Wilmington. Port's safety is guaranteed by dedicated Port Police, LA Fire Department (fire-EMS services), USCG (waterway security), Homeland Security (federal land) and LA County Lifeguards (open waters outside the harbor). All vessels are assisted by professional harbor pilots. They are all appointed by the city mayor and approved by the city council. It is controlled by Board of Harbor Commissioners consisting of 5 members and 1 executive director. LA port district is an independent department of the city's government. The largest cargo shipping volumes come from East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam). Main exports are wastepaper, scrap metal, cotton, animal feed. Port's main imports are furniture, auto parts, footwear-apparel, electronics. LA port adjoins the separate Port Long Beach. Port Los Angeles is a large seaport complex covering a land area of 30,35 km2 (11,72 mi2) with around 69 km (43 mi) long waterfront. The distance between LA and San Pedro is the same (via highway I-110-N). The distance between LA and Long Beach is 24 mi/40 km (via highway I-710).
Note: CruiseMapper's Los Angeles cruise ship schedule includes/combines also the schedules of Port Los Angeles (locode USLAX), Port Long Beach (USLGB) as well as San Pedro. Due to the Coronavirus crisis, LA's cruising operations were paused between March 15, 2020, and September 25, 2021. Each visiting LA cruise liner generates USD 1+ million in economic activities. Homeporting in LA was introduced by P&O Princess Cruises in 1965.
LA's cruise port schedule includes roundtrips to Mexico ( Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Ensenada), Hawaiian and California Coastal ports, as well as one-ways to Vancouver Canada (on repositioning itineraries to Alaska) and ports in Florida (on Panama Canal transition itineraries). Popular itineraries visit the Hawaiian islands, the Mexican Riviera, some even Alaska. As cruise port, LA handles ~1000 ship calls annually. The City of Los Angeles is in the Southern Californian basin (Pacific Ocean) and is most famous for being the world's entertainment industry center. LA is the USA's second-largest city - after NYC New York (population over 8,6 million, density ~27000 per mi2 / 10400 km2). Los Angeles cruise port serves in California's largest city (population around 4 million, density ~8100 per mi2 / ~3100 km2).
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