In February, the port’s container counts totaled 525.458.60 TEUs, a 26.95 percent rise over February 2009.
Long Beach is the largest port of the Pacific coast of the USA. The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together form the U.S. port area, with one of the biggest freight traffic in the world. In 2008 the Los Angeles’ container counts amounted to 5 million TEUs. Last year it was reported at 6.7 million TEUs.