Port Of Los Angeles Approves Major Coal Terminal Concept

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners recently approved in concept the development of a major coal terminal in the harbor's Terminal Island District. The Board directed that an environmental impact report be prepared for the development, including the dredging of a 65-foot channel to the southern portion of Terminal Island, and the creation of necessary landfill in the Outer Harbor for relocation of hazardous liquid bulk terminals presently located adjacent to the harbor community, both projects included in the Port's extensive Master Plan and capital development program.

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley expressed his full support for the Commission action, citing that increased coal export traffic through the Port of Los Angeles will serve to reduce the nation's trade deficit with the Far East, now the primary destination for coal shipments emanating from the U.S.

West Coast. Mayor Bradley added, "We hope to bring a major coal-handling terminal to Los Angeles, one capable of storing millions of tons of coal and able to load in excess of of 20 million or more tons each year in vessels approaching 250,000 dwt." Current coal traffic through the Port of Los Angeles's bulk loader facility at Berth 49-50 totaled 700,000 tons in the last six months of 1980. Projected coal tonnage for the entire calendar year 1981 is estimated at two million tons for the three-million-toncapacity facility.

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