Port of Los Angeles has announced the completion of the Everport Terminal Improvement Project, located at berths 226-236 along the Los Angeles main channel.
Amounting to US$65 million, the project will allow Everport Container Terminal to improve its container-handling efficiency and capacity to accommodate larger container ships.
The deployment of larger vessels is therefore anticipated to encourage fewer ship calls, further reducing air emissions that support the Port’s Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) goals.
“The completion of this project marks years of planning and perseverance through a challenging pandemic and unprecedented cargo surge,” said Port of Los Angeles deputy executive director of development, Tony Gioiello.
Approved by the Los Angeles board of harbour commissioners in 2017, the project began construction in 2019 and included berth deepening, mooring bollard and berthing fender upgrades, construction of an additional 6,070 m2 of backland, electrical improvements for five new Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) connections, electrical infrastructure for three additional container cranes, as well as charging equipment for clean-energy, electric trucks.
Dredging increased water depth to 16.1 metres alongside berths 226-229 and 14.3 metres alongside berths 230-232 to accommodate container ships with a capacity of more than 16,000 TEU.
In July 2021, Everport welcomed two new ship-to-shore container cranes, manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. (ZPMC) to replace two older cranes removed from the terminal in 2018.
