Port of Los Angeles

The Port of Los Angeles, also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT L.A, is a port complex that occupies 7500 acres of land and water along 43 miles of waterfront.

Background
The port is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro, California neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, approximately 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The Port of Los Angeles adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach, employs over 16,000 people, and is the busiest container port in the United States.

Port of Los Angeles and Coal
The Port includes the LAXT Coal Handling Facility, which is a dry bulk storage facility and a materials handling and transfer system. The facilities store bulk coal, transported to the site by unit train, and petroleum coke, transported to the site by truck, in an approximately 105-acre remote storage facility. From January to March 2011 the Port of Los Angeles exported 308,968 short tons of coal, up 253.3 percent from the same period in 2010.

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 * U.S. coal exports
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