Mixed August fortunes for SoCal ports

Ports

Monday, September 17, 2012

Container volume at the Port of Long Beach in Southern California rose 1.4 percent year-on-year in August, only the third month this year where volume has surpassed the comparable month in 2011. Meanwhile, volume rose 2.3 percent year-on-year at the neighboring Port of Los Angeles in August. Long Beach’s total volume was 543,445 TEUs, which included a 2.9 increase in loaded imports to 274,977 TEUs, and a 5.7 percent increase in loaded exports to 128,225 TEUs. Empt...

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