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APRIL 30, 2026
~Earth Day Edition~
| | OVER 500 ATTENDEES ENJOY PORT OF LA'S FAMILY AND PET FRIENDLY EARTH DAY EVENT | |
On Sunday, April 19, the Port of Los Angeles held its biggest Earth Day Celebration yet along the Wilmington Waterfront Promenade. The free, family- and pet-friendly event featured more than two dozen exhibitors showcasing sustainable activities, services, and innovations, and drew over 500 attendees. Onstage, elected officials and local performers, from Folklórico dancers to a live birds of prey show, entertained and informed guests. While perusing the sustainability-focused exhibitors, guests enjoyed food trucks and snacks. The event ended with a raffle featuring Earth Day-themed prizes, and a live jazz trio rounded out the Sunday afternoon. | |
RESULTS ARE IN
FOR COMPREHENSIVE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY PORTS OF LA AND LONG BEACH
| In celebration of Earth Week, discover the newly released joint biological survey report, conducted by the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, in cooperation with WSP in the U.S. Harbor biosurveys include monitoring of the open water, seafloor, and structures like riprap and piling habitat. For the first time, the Port utilized satellite imagery as an emerging innovative technology to map kelp and expand survey methods, which helped monitor underwater habitats better than ever before. To learn more about the diverse biological habitats in the San Pedro Bay port complex, visit the link here. | | MAYOR KAREN BASS RELEASES CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN FOR CITY OF LA TO MEET AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS | |
Mayor Karen Bass today released her Climate Action Plan for Los Angeles that outlines actions the City is taking to meet its ambitious climate goals and accelerates the City’s current climate work. The plan comprises more than 50 actions that deliver concrete, measurable climate outcomes. It creates a clear path for the City to reach carbon neutrality by 2045, double local solar production, and install 120,000 EV chargers.
| | PORT SHARES SOLID
FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE
IN LATEST CARGO BRIEFING | |
The Port of Los Angeles processed 752,520 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in March, a slight 3% decrease compared to last year when shippers front-loaded cargo to avoid increasing tariffs. Closing out the first quarter, the Port handled 2,388,843 TEUs, equal to its first-quarter average over the last five years.
| | PORT OF LOS ANGELES TO HOST FREE HARBOR BOAT TOURS IN HONOR OF 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD TRADE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 9 | In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of World Trade Week, the Port of Los Angeles is offering the public free harbor boat tours of America’s busiest container port from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, May 9, at the Wilmington Waterfront Promenade, adjacent to Banning’s Landing Community Center in Wilmington. Tours will depart every 30 minutes, with a final departure at 1 p.m. | | THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES HELPS BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE CABRILLO MARINE AQUARIUM | Cabrillo Marine Aquarium on April 18 officially reopened its Suzanne Lawrence Miller Main Exhibit Hall after an 18-month closure to replace its aging life support system. Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner Lee Willams was in attendance on behalf of the Port of Los Angeles, which contributed $2.4 million through its Public Access Investment Plan toward the new system. Additional funding came from the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, in addition to corporate and private donors. | | SINGAPORE, LOS ANGELES AND LONG BEACH PORTS RENEW GREEN AND DIGITAL SHIPPING CORRIDOR AGREEMENT | |
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Port of Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, with the support of C40 Cities, have renewed their memorandum of understanding on the Green and Digital Shipping Corridor for another three years. First signed in 2023, the renewal reinforces the ports’ commitment to decarbonization and digitalization along the trans-Pacific route, one of the world’s busiest container trade lanes. It also supports efforts to strengthen supply chain resilience and energy security.
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ALTASEA NAMES
DR. SYLVIA EARLE,
DR. MELANIE LUNDQUIST AS FOUNDING AMBASSADORS
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AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles today announced that renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle and California philanthropist Melanie Lundquist have been named founding ambassadors of AltaSea, launching a new initiative designed to amplify the organization’s mission and expand its global reach.
| | WATER-CLEANING ROBOTS AT PORT OF LOS ANGELES TO REMOVE TONS OF TRASH OVER NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS | |
Dozens of robots are out at the Port of Los Angeles in an effort to keep the region's waterways clean, and they're expected to remove tons of trash over the next several months.
Clean Earth Rovers' semi-autonomous robots, navigated via remote control, work like vacuum cleaners on the water, canvassing marinas and ports.
| | LOS ANGELES MARITIME INSTITUTE USES TALL SHIPS TO BUILD SKILLS, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH | |
For more than three decades, the Los Angeles Maritime Institute has used the power of sailing to do far more than introduce young people to life on the water. Through its youth education programs, tall ship experiences, summer camps, and Sea Scout opportunities, the organization has built a long-standing model centered on leadership, character development, teamwork, and hands-on learning for the next generation.
| | AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY: GENE SEROKA OF THE PORT OF LA; NUMBER ONE IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE | Louisiana raised Gene Seroka is the eldest of three and the first in his family to go to college. American President Lines (APL) offered Seroka his first job in the global shipping and trade industry where he spent the next 26 years in key assignments across the world from Shanghai to Jakarta to Singapore to Dubai. Seroka learned Mandarin while posted in China and mastered the cultural and business subtleties of every country he visited. In 2010 he returned to the U.S. as President – Americas. Immediately before taking the helm at the Port of LA, he was Head of Commercial in the Americas Region APL Limited. | | PORTS THAT CHANGED INTERNATIONAL TRADE, FROM LA TO ROTTERDAM | |
The Port of Los Angeles is one of the largest and most influential ports in the world, a key logistics hub for maritime trade between the United States and Asia.
Inaugurated in the early 20th century, it has grown steadily to become the leading commercial port in the United States, handling millions of containers annually and representing a crucial entry point for goods of all kinds.
| | ALL-NEW 'STAR PRINCESS' CRUISE SHIP MAKES DEBUT AT PORT OF LOS ANGELES | |
The Port of Los Angeles and Princess Cruises are celebrating the arrival of the cruise company’s newest Sphere-class ship, Star Princess.
The latest and newest ship in the Princess Cruises’ fleet, Star Princess offers travelers several new options over the next 18 months for cruises embarking from the LA Waterfront.
| | THE VINCENT THOMAS BRIDGE DECK REPLACEMENT AND SR 47 INTERCHANGE PROJECTS OVERVIEW AND UPDATES | |
OVERNIGHT CLOSURES OF
WESTBOUND STATE ROUTE 47 (SR-47) AT VINCENT THOMAS BRIDGE BETWEEN FERRY STREET AND HARBOR BOULEVARD
The southbound SR-47 on-ramp at Ferry Street will also be closed during these overnight closures. Initial construction activities include the installation of an under-deck shield and working platform, as well as staircases for crews to access the bridge deck from multiple locations, ahead of the full bridge closure scheduled for November 1, 2026.
| | PORT OF LA PERMANENTLY CLOSES ONE-BLOCK PORTION OF AVALON BOULEVARD IN WILMINGTON FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AVALON PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND PROMENADE GATEWAY PROJECT | |
A one-block portion of Avalon Blvd., south of Harry Bridges Blvd. to W. A Street in Wilmington was permanently closed to traffic at 7 p.m., Friday, April 24, as the Port of Los Angeles moves forward with construction for the Avalon Pedestrian Bridge and Promenade Gateway Project.
Drivers are encouraged to use the South Wilmington Grade Separation at N. Access Road to Pier A Street, which eliminates railroad crossings and provides uninterrupted vehicular access to the South Wilmington area.
Access to Banning’s Landing Community Center and the Wilmington Waterfront Promenade is also available from S. Fries Ave. to Water Street. An alternate route uses Broad Avenue to S. Avalon Blvd.
A groundbreaking for the Avalon Pedestrian Bridge and Promenade Gateway Project was held February 26. Construction is expected to be completed by late summer 2028.
| | THE NAMES THAT BUILT A TOWN: STOLEN PLAQUES FROM FISHING MEMORIAL REPLACED | | |
When plaques were stolen from San Pedro’s Fishing Industry Memorial,
Kris Ursich-Pielago stepped forward to ensure the town’s fishing families
would not be erased.
Not the new granite ones going up now at the Fishing Industry Memorial on the San Pedro waterfront at Fifth and Harbor, but the old bronze ones—the ones stolen in late 2023, pried off in the dark, sold for scrap. When someone emails asking if their grandfather’s name was there, she zooms in on those photos, squinting at names engraved 27 years ago, and tells them yes or no. Sometimes she recognizes a name before she finds it. “Oh yeah, I know that name,” she says. In San Pedro, everybody knows the names.
The memorial, begun in 1992 by the Fisherman’s Fiesta committee, was completed in 1999 by a new committee that included Pielago’s mother, father, uncle, and two aunts, all now deceased. Designed by artist Robert Pena with lead sculptor Henry Alvarez, it featured a bronze fisherman holding a tuna and a hand-painted tiled wall where plaques bore the names of the immigrants who made San Pedro the largest fishing port in the country.
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Thurs., May 14, 2026
Regular meeting begins at 10 a.m.
BANNING'S LANDING COMM. CENTER 100 E. WATER STREET
WILMINGTON, CA 90744
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Thurs., May 28, 2026
Regular meeting begins at 10 a.m.
BANNING'S LANDING COMM. CENTER 100 E. WATER STREET
WILMINGTON, CA 90744
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The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commission meetings are currently held at
Banning's Landing Community Center
100 E. Water Street, Wilmington, CA 90744
and until further notice.
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