ADJACENT ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach both grew in laden containers in the first half, with Long Beach up 14.5 per cent year on year to 3.95 million TEU while LA slipped because of a lack of empties by 3.9 per cent to 4.31 million TEU.
LA had a 2.9 per cent uptick in laden import boxes and a 1.4 per cent increase in laden exports. But this was undercut by a 9.7 per cent drop in empties, leaving LA totals down 1.1 per cent for the month at 723,141 TEU.
Together the ports handled 8.26 million TEU in the first half, a 4.1 per cent year-on-year increase from the same six-month period in 2017, a year in which both set records for cargo throughput.
Individual volumes at the ports were trending in opposite directions, however, with Long Beach terminal volumes climbing 14.5 per cent year-over-year to 3.95 million TEU, while L.A. volumes slipped 3.9 per cent to 4.31 million TEU.
The first-half growth was boosted by a June in which America's biggest ports saw their overall throughput rise 6.2 per cent to 1.48 million TEU year on year.
Long Beach terminals saw throughput jump 14.2 per cent to 752,188 TEU in June, as laden inbound and outbound volumes rose 14.5 per cent and 14.3 per cent, respectively, and empties were up 13.6 per cent.
LA had a 2.9 per cent uptick in laden import boxes and a 1.4 per cent increase in laden exports. But this was undercut by a 9.7 per cent drop in empties, leaving LA totals down 1.1 per cent for the month at 723,141 TEU.
Together the ports handled 8.26 million TEU in the first half, a 4.1 per cent year-on-year increase from the same six-month period in 2017, a year in which both set records for cargo throughput.
Individual volumes at the ports were trending in opposite directions, however, with Long Beach terminal volumes climbing 14.5 per cent year-over-year to 3.95 million TEU, while L.A. volumes slipped 3.9 per cent to 4.31 million TEU.
The first-half growth was boosted by a June in which America's biggest ports saw their overall throughput rise 6.2 per cent to 1.48 million TEU year on year.
Long Beach terminals saw throughput jump 14.2 per cent to 752,188 TEU in June, as laden inbound and outbound volumes rose 14.5 per cent and 14.3 per cent, respectively, and empties were up 13.6 per cent.