| The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay | | | | at the docks because they have no ability to utilize |
| in Los Angeles, CA, about 20 miles south of the city's | | | | shore-generated electricity. Diesel semis and |
| downtown. Also known as the Los Angeles Harbor, it | | | | locomotives idle while they sit and wait to be loaded |
| spreads over 7,500 acres of both land and waterfront | | | | and unloaded. An local air quality regulatory agency did |
| property. It is nearby the Port of Long Beach, and is | | | | a study that found that air pollution from the port is |
| the busiest port in the entire United States, with more | | | | responsible for 2,000 cases of cancer per million |
| than 16,000 employees. | | | | people. The more than 45 tons of nitrogen oxides |
| The port is an independent, self-reliant department of | | | | generated daily by port vessels almost matches the |
| the city of Los Angeles. Oversight is provided by a | | | | amount from the 350 largest factories and refineries in |
| five-member board of Harbor Commissioners that are | | | | the area. That amount is expected to increase 70 |
| appointed by the mayor and approved by the City | | | | percent by 2022. |
| Council, and is administered by an executive director. | | | | Dealing with these environmental issues is a daily |
| The port is also the largest cruise ship hub on the | | | | challenge for the port. Attempts have been made to |
| West Coast and has three berths for ships, which | | | | ameliorate the pollution problem through a variety of |
| carry more than 1 million passengers on a yearly basis. | | | | strategies that include cleaner-burning vehicles and |
| The cruise center is posited to be the country's most | | | | more efficient cargo-handling. |
| secure cruise location. It features a security patrolled | | | | Additionally, a 2.8 million dollar Clean Air Program |
| long-term parking lot that has over 2,500 spaces. | | | | initiative was initiated by the board of Harbor |
| When cruise ships are in dock, shuttles take | | | | Commissioners in 2002, aimed at reducing polluting |
| passengers and luggage between the parking lot and | | | | emissions from vessels and cargo-handling equipment. |
| the cruise ship. | | | | To quicken the implementation of pollution reductions |
| Unfortunately, with the huge volume of business that | | | | through the use of new, cleaner-burning equipment, 52 |
| the port does, air pollution remains a big issue. Hefty | | | | million dollars has been allocated through 2008. |
| container ships running on highly polluting bunker fuel idle | | | | |