Long Beach box traffic up 28% in October
The port of Long Beach reported another monthly record in container traffic for October, when it handled 557,665 TEUs up 28 percent from October 2003.
Inbound container traffic rose 25 percent year-on-year to 288,590 TEUs in October. Outbound box volume edged up 1 percent to 85,824 TEUs.
The result of the widening imbalance between inbound and outbound box flows was a 51-percent rise in the number of empty containers to 183,251 TEUs for October.
The port of Los Angeles, which has recently experienced a decline in traffic, has not reported its October statistics, yet.
Long Beach box traffic up 28% in October
