Port of Long Beach container trade in January-August 2011 increased by 2.1% compared with the same period last year, to 4.07 million, the Port Authority statistics said.
August container throughput was 535,929 tons.
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.