Written by Marine Log Staff
Buoyed by six straight months of historic volumes, the Port of Long Beach says that it is on course to reach 9.6 million TEU of cargo containers by the end of 2024 without congestion or other disruption and exceeding the previous record set during the pandemic in 2021.
The Port of Long Beach also achieved its busiest November, when dockworkers and terminal operators moved 884,154 twenty-foot equivalent units, up 20.9% from the same month last year and surpassing the previous record set in November 2020 by 12.8%.
Imports grew 21.8% to 432,823 TEUs and exports rose 9.5% to 119,083 TEU. Empty containers moved through the port increased 24.5% to 332,250 TEUs. November also marked the port’s sixth consecutive monthly year-over-year cargo increase…