The Port of Los Angeles is a department of the City of Los Angeles and is often referred to as the Los Angeles Harbor Department. The Port is operated and managed under a State Tidelands Trust that grants local municipalities jurisdiction over ports and stipulates that activities must be related to commerce, navigation and fisheries. A five-member Board of Harbor Commissioners are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council to provide direction and create policy for the Port.
China Shipping's AMP vessel, Xin Nan Tong, pulls up to dock at
Berth 100
As a proprietary and self-supporting department, the Port is not
supported by taxes. Instead, revenue is derived from fees for
shipping services such as dockage, wharfage, pilotage, storage,
property rentals, royalties and other Port services. Considered a
landlord port, the Port of Los Angeles leases it property to tenants
who then, in turn, operate their own facilities.
Aerial view of Pier 400, the largest
proprietary container terminal in the world The Port encompasses 7500 acres, 43 miles of waterfront and features 26 cargo terminals, including dry and liquid bulk, container, breakbulk, automobile and omni facilities. Combined, these terminals handle more than 162 million metric revenue tons of cargo annually. Last year, the Port moved an impressive 7.3 million TEUs, establishing a new national container record once again. The Port is also home to the nation's most secure cruise passenger complex, the World Cruise Center.
The Port of Los Angeles has eight major container terminals and four dockside intermodal rail yards with direct access to the Alameda Corridor, a 20-mile express railway connecting the Port to the rail hubs in downtown Los Angeles.
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