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Los Angles completes restoration of fire-damaged wharf

[ June 20, 2025   //   ]

The Port of Los Angeles has completed its $22.7 million Berths 177-182 Wharf Restoration project on the East Basin Channel in Wilmington.

Approved by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners in September 2023, work on the project started in November 2023, and included 382 feet of concrete wharf, 62-feet-wide. Work also includes slope erosion repair and bollard upgrades.

The new wharf, designed in compliance with the Port’s seismic code, partially replaced a timber wharf that was extensively damaged in a fire in 2014.

Port of Los Angeles executive director Gene Seroka, said: “The completion of this project on the heels of the catastrophic Eaton and Palisades fires is a stark reminder of the need to rebuild with long-term resiliency as a top priority. We’re proud to deliver this key infrastructure project as steel-handling operations remain uninterrupted.”

Deputy executive director of development Dina Aryan-Zahlan added: “Designing and building infrastructure with fire prevention in mind is critical to our operations. This Port is more than 100 years old; terminal modernization is essential to maintain our competitive edge.”

The work allows terminal operator Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals to continue shipping and receiving steel products, including coils of sheet metal and wire rods, tubing, piping, rebar and other bulk material. Pasha’s terminal is a specialized 40-acre steel-handling facility with covered on-dock warehouses that comprise a 116,000 square-foot transit shed. The Port of Los Angeles is the largest steel-handling port on the West Coast.

Pasha operates two marine terminals at the Port of Los Angeles, including the site of the Green Omni Terminal Project, which demonstrates a full range of zero- and near-zero emissions equipment and vehicles.

Construction work was carried out by by Reyes/Larison Joint Venture of Pomona, California.

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