The Port of Los Angeles is well known as the busiest container port in the United States, and this year it’s on track to set a new annual volume record of nine million TEU. But a coalition of scientific, business and government groups also wants to make this leading port into household name in maritime innovation.
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles is a non-profit incubator for marine science, technology and education. Its current focus is on aquaculture and on underwater robotics and sensing, or “blue technology.” The group has a 50-year lease on 35 acres at City Dock No. 1, a commercial pier that opened in 1913. … On Monday, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti joined the port’s commissioners and AltaSea’s leadership to celebrate the restoration of the giant Berth 58 warehouse as the new La Kretz Blue Economy Incubator. Garcetti said that the new facility will be “a place where scientists, educators, policy makers and entrepreneurs can work together to accelerate marine research that will set an example for the world to follow.”
