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McOsker, who represents the city's 15th District, which includes the harbor area, wants the analysis by Port of L.A. engineers to also include information on the circumstances that led to the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when a huge container ship, the Dali, rammed the span on March 26.
Experts say the Baltimore collapse does not expose significant vulnerabilities in the major bridges near ports across California. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle about 40% of U.S. container imports from Asia.
Experts say the Baltimore collapse does not expose significant vulnerabilities in the major bridges near ports across California, which has the two busiest ports in the nation: the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, which handle about 40% of U.S. container imports from Asia.