THE Port of Los Angeles, the nation's top port for containerised imports, reported record cargo volumes of 10.7 million TEU in 2021.
The record result sets a Western Hemisphere record and breaks the port's previous calendar year record by 13 per cent, set in 2018.
The annual figure was announced by port executive director Gene Seroka in his address at the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association's seventh annual 'State of the Port' event.
'Decades of development provided the berth space, backland and rail infrastructure to process more cargo than ever before,' said Mr Seroka .
'In 2021, our marine terminal operators and workforce gave us the ability to move that cargo - from the ships to railcars or out the gates on trucks - and for that we are forever grateful to them,' he said.
Mr Seroka applauded the 'phenomenal results' from excess dwell fee for loaded import containers sitting nine days or more, which has not yet been implemented.
'Merely announcing the fee reduced the number of those idling containers by more than 60 per cent,' he said.
News of la port throughpub came a day after the adjacent Port of Long Beach reported moving a record 9.3 million TEU in 2021, up 15.7 per cent year on year.
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The record result sets a Western Hemisphere record and breaks the port's previous calendar year record by 13 per cent, set in 2018.
The annual figure was announced by port executive director Gene Seroka in his address at the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association's seventh annual 'State of the Port' event.
'Decades of development provided the berth space, backland and rail infrastructure to process more cargo than ever before,' said Mr Seroka .
'In 2021, our marine terminal operators and workforce gave us the ability to move that cargo - from the ships to railcars or out the gates on trucks - and for that we are forever grateful to them,' he said.
Mr Seroka applauded the 'phenomenal results' from excess dwell fee for loaded import containers sitting nine days or more, which has not yet been implemented.
'Merely announcing the fee reduced the number of those idling containers by more than 60 per cent,' he said.
News of la port throughpub came a day after the adjacent Port of Long Beach reported moving a record 9.3 million TEU in 2021, up 15.7 per cent year on year.
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