Long Beach volume surges in October

Markets

Friday, November 16, 2012

Container volume at the Port of Long Beach shot up 8.7 percent year-on-year in October, surpassing the neighboring Port of Los Angeles’ 0.8 percent growth for the month. The growth is due in some part to the poor volume Long Beach saw in October 2011, when throughput fell 20.5 percent from October 2010. Import volume grew 15.2 percent in October to 276,698 TEUs, while export volume fell 12.8 percent to 133,503 TEUs. Empties declined 7 percent to 120,112 TEUs. &...

You have requested access to content only available to Registered Users of American Shipper. You can become a registered user for FREE. You will not have access to premium content.

Your registration to American Shipper is FREE and will provide you access to much of the content on the American Shipper Web site. You will not have access to Premium Content.

SUBSCRIBE NOW
Access to premium content, original reporting, research, and feature stories require a paid subscription. Subscriptions to American Shipper costs $120 a year. Your subscription includes unlimited access to content on the American Shipper Website, early access to the digital edition of the monthly magazine, and the daily AS+ premium newsletter published each morning.