Long Beach loaded imports down in March
Loaded container imports at the Port of Long Beach dropped 10.4 percent in March as the Southern California port saw its total monthly throughput decline 3.6 percent to 541,107 TEUs, compared to 561,194 TEUs in the same month last year.
The port’s loaded imports in March were 252,998 TEUs, down from 282,440 TEUs a year before. Loaded outbound containers improved 5.7 percent to 125,529 TEUs, from 118,728 TEUs in March 2005. Empty containers in the month were up 1.6 percent year-on-year to 162,580 TEUs.
After the first three months of the year, the total number of containers shipped through the port has risen 1.1 percent to 1.67 million TEUs.
Long Beach loaded imports down in March
