Container trade of the Port of Long Beach in January-July of 2011 increased by 4.7 percent compared with the same period of last year, to 3.54 million TEUs, the Port Authority statistics said.
In July, container volume rose by 3.3 percent to 572 926TEUs.
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.