The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has approved US$7.5m for the final phase of the Port of Los Angeles Main Channel Deepening Project (MCDP).
The project has taken the Port's main navigational channels and basins to a 53ft depth, in order to ensure that the country's leading gateway for containerised trade can accommodate container ships of all sizes.
'Channel deepening has been our single-most important infrastructure priority,' said Port of LA executive director Geraldine Knatz. 'Channel depth and state-of-the-art facilities are critical components of our superior logistics. The completion of this project is critical to meeting the needs of the shipping lines that call at our port and growing our cargo business well into the future.'
Dredging of the port's main channel and turning basins has already been completed. with the final phase of the project involving the removal of dredge surcharge material and the completion of a shallow water habitat in the outer harbour.
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