The head of the largest port in the United States said the Trump administration has not reached out to offer assistance following a fire that erupted on a containership on Friday and continues to burn outside of the port.

"I have been trying to set up meetings with Trump cabinet officials and [U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer] since the inauguration," Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, told CNBC on Sunday.

The USTR, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Commerce did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

An electrical fire on a lower deck of the Ocean Network Express (ONE) containership One Henry Hudson started at 6:38 p.m. local time on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department . Shortly before 8 p.m., the LAF

See Full Page