LA's shipshape terminal.The Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA is home to the world's first container terminal A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transhipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transhipment may be between ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks, in which case the terminal is described as a using Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) technology. Although this technology has been used by the U.S. Navy since World War II, the shipping industry has resisted adopting it due to cost and time issues. AMP technology provides a dock with electricity that is converted to a ship-compatible voltage. Ships plug in to the dock instead of running their diesel engines during loading and unloading, cutting emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides by 1 ton and particulate matter particulate matter n. Abbr. PM Material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant. Noun 1. by 87 pounds per day. China Shipping Lines, which leases the new berth, has agreed to retrofit ret·ro·fit v. ret·ro·fit·ted or ret·ro·fit, ret·ro·fit·ting, ret·ro·fits v.tr. 1. To provide (a jet, automobile, computer, or factory, for example) with parts, devices, or equipment not in 11 of its ships for the new power source. The first vessel plugged in to the updated berth in June 2004. |
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