Port of Long BeachÆs TEUs down 6.5% in April
Container volume at the Port of Long Beach declined 6.5 percent in April to 579,235 TEUs, down from 619,512 TEUs in the same month last year.
Loaded container imports decreased 5.6 percent to 303,138 TEUs, while exports rose 8.4 percent to 121,191 TEUs. Empty containers in April were down 17 percent to 154,906 TEUs.
After the first four months of 2007, the total number of containers shipped through the Southern California port has dipped 1 percent to 2.25 million TEUs.
Port of Long Beach’s TEUs down 6.5% in April
