LB Port’s box throughput is up 10.9% to 933,290TEUs

Container throughput of Port of Long Beach (USA) in January-February increased by 10.9% compared with the two-month period a year earlier, to 933,290 TEUs.

In February, container volume totaled 458,336 TEUs, a 10.9 percent growth from Feb., 2010, the Port Authority statistics said.

Port of Long Beach is one of the largest seaports of the United States. Annual volume of trade flows passing via the port make Long Beach the second-busiest seaport in the U.S. Last year’s container volume rose year-over-year 23.6% to 6,26m TEUs. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach form together the U.S. port complex, one of the world’s biggest hub.