For the second straight month, containerized cargo flowing
through the Port of Los Angeles has surpassed all-time volumes for a North
American port, newly released data show.
Port of LA terminals processed 877,564 TEUs the data show,
eclipsing October 2016’s all-time record of 814,574 TEUs. November volumes were
up 23.6 percent compared to November 2015.
Overall container volumes were 877,564 TEUs last month, led
by a 26 percent surge in empty containers, followed by a 25 percent jump in
exports to 177,359 TEUs and a 22 percent imports increase of 22 percent to 437,050
TEUs.
“We are grateful to the cargo owners who see the value in
this trade corridor, and to our container terminal customers, labor and other
supply chain partners who, working together, efficiently processed this
extraordinary surge of holiday season cargo,” Port of Los Angeles Executive
Director Gene Seroka said.
Total cargo volumes through the first 11 months of 2016
stand at 8,060,246 TEUs, an increase of seven percent compared to the same
period last year, and far ahead of the 6.2 million units shipped through the
adjoining Port of Long Beach during the same 11-month time period.
So far for the calendar year, which began July 1, the POLA
has seen 3.9 million TEUs, an 8.15 percent jump over the 3.63 million units
moved during the same five-month period last year.
Current and past data container counts for the Port of Los
Angeles are available at http://www.portoflosangeles.org/maritime/stats.asp.
