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The cost of the line was pegged at $2.1 billion at opening ($3.4 billion in 2023 adjusted for inflation). [3] In 2013, the railroad carried 33% of the freight traveling to and from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. [11] Fifteen percent of the nation’s container traffic travels through the corridor according to the Transit Authority. [12]
Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978. [ 4 ]
The Port of Los Angeles is a seaport managed by the Los Angeles Harbor Department, a unit of the City of Los Angeles. It occupies 7,500 acres (3,000 ha) of land and water with 43 miles (69 km) of waterfront and adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach .
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of Maersk, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's second largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, offering regular services to 374 ports in 116 countries. [ 2 ]
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MSC Chicago was built by Samsung Heavy Industries in yard 1510 and was completed in November 2005. The port of registry for the ship is in Monrovia, Liberia. [1] The ship is 336.7m in length and 321m across the beam. [1] The MSC Chicago has a depth of 27.2 m, and a draught of 15m. [1]
With her voyage departing San Francisco on May 24, 1923 after overhaul at Hanlon, the Waimea began her once-a-week schedule on the line. [16] Waimea was used to feed cargo to ships sailing on the Los Angeles-Hawaii line, [17] but could also ferry 80 first-class passengers along the coast at a lower rate than Yale and Harvard. [18]
In the 1990s and 2000s, the development of the Metro K Line once again considered connecting the Metro Rail system to LAX, as parts of the proposed line ran nearby on Aviation Boulevard. [7] [11] The project would also connect the C Line to the K Line tracks at a new wye near the Aviation/LAX station, allowing the C Line to serve the airport. [11]