Los Angeles Terminal's First Phase Sails in on Time
Eight years into its pier 400 land reclamation and container terminal project, the Port of Los Angeles' first ship is about to come in. The world's largest container terminal will berth its first vessel this month, just 20 months after work began on the $343-million first phase. By meeting or beating deadlines, contractors will avoid liquidated damages of $61,000 a day, says Stacey G. Jones, chief harbor engineer.
The 343-acre first phase sits on a $350-million, 590-acre landfill dredged and reclaimed between 1994 and 2000 in Los Angeles Harbor by a joint venture of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oakbrook, Ill., and Connolly Pacific Co., Long Beach, Calif. The $2.4-billion, 20-mile Alameda Corridor, which opened this spring, will link the terminal to the transcontinental freight rail network (ENR 4/15 p. 21).