The Port of Los Angeles announced on June 18, 2025, that it completed a $22.7 million construction project that rebuilt Berths 177-182 as part of its Wharf Restoration project along the East Basin Channel in Wilmington, supplychainbrain.com reported.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved the project in September 2023, and construction began in November 2023.

Reyes/Larison Joint Venture of Pomona, Calif., handled the construction.

The project included constructing approximately 382 linear ft. of concrete wharf that is 62 ft. wide. Work also included slope erosion repair and upgrades to bollards.

The new wharf, which was designed to comply with the port's seismic code, partially replaces a timber wharf that fire extensively damaged in 2014, according to supplychainbrain.com.

"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," said Gene Seroka, the port's executive director. "We're proud to deliver this key infrastructure project as steel-handling operations remain uninterrupted."

"Designing and building infrastructure with fire prevention in mind is critical to our operations," said Dina Aryan-Zahlan, the port's executive director of development. "This port is more than 100 years old; terminal modernization is essential to maintain our competitive edge."

The wharf enables allows terminal operator Pasha Stevedoring & Terminals to continue shipping and receiving steel products; those include coils of sheet metal and wire rods, tubing, piping, rebar and other bulk material, according to supplychain-brain.com. That terminal is a specialized 40-acre steel-handling facility. The covered on-dock warehouses comprise a 116,000 sq.-ft. transit shed. 