The shipping platform

Location: Los Angeles is situated in California on the W coast of the USA, W of and immediately adjacent to Long Beach and facing San Pedro Channel. General overview: The port of Los Angeles occupies approx 3,000ha of land and water area, encompasses 56km of waterfront and is one of the world's largest man made harbours. Diversified facilities for handling any kind of cargo are available. Besides state of the art container terminals, the port has bulk, break bulk, warehouse and automobile handling facilities, as well as the modern World Cruise Centre. Traffic figures: Approx 158,200,000t cargo, 7,940,000TEU and 732,000 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: North Pacific Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Mar 1 to June 30 and Nov 1 to Nov 30, Summer Jul 1 to Oct 31 and Dec 1 to Feb 28/29. Max size: Draught 21.0m, 228,000DWT.