2012 container volumes at LA/Long Beach flat

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Cargo volumes in Southern California's two major container ports were little changed in 2012 over 2011, but Long Beach benefited as a service used by the world's three largest container carriers switched from a terminal in Los Angeles. Terminals in the Port of Long Beach moved a total of 6.05 million TEUs in 2012, down 0.3 percent from 2011. Imports were up 1.2 percent to 3.06 million TEUs. Exports were up 2.2 percent to 1.54 million TEUs. And empties were down 5.6 percent to 1.44 ...

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