Special Berth Sought for Merchant Ship
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores has asked the Port of Los Angeles to reconsider docking the merchant ship Lane Victory at Berth 87, which would place the vessel near popular tourist attractions along the San Pedro waterfront.
“I’d like to have the port tell its engineers to look at this site and pretend that a very prosperous shipping company” has a ship this size that it wants to dock at Berth 87, and see if they can make it work, Flores told port officials at a recent City Council committee meeting. Port spokeswoman Julia Nagano said that port officials “will evaluate” the request.
A group of merchant marine veterans is trying to convert the 455-foot-long vessel into a museum to honor their fallen comrades. They want to dock the ship at Berth 87, just north of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum and a statue that honors merchant seamen.
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