Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach between January and July 2016 declined to 3.92 million TEUs, or down 1,9% on the same period last year, the Port Authority statistics showed.
The volume includes 1.99 million TEUs of import containers (-1.2%), 879,230 TEUs of export containers (-0.3%) and 1.04 million TEUs of empty ones (-1,7%).
In July, the port was handled 637,09 thousand TEUs.
The Port of Long Beach is one of the world’s premier seaports, a primary gateway for transpacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety and environmental stewardship. With 140 shipping lines connecting Long Beach to 217 seaports worldwide, the Port handles trade valued at more than $155 billion each year and supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in Southern California. Founded in 1911, the Port enters its second century with more than $4 billion in planned capital improvements over the next decade to support trade growth and strengthen its ability to serve the goods-movement industry, Port clients and the community.
The Port of Long Beach is a public agency managed and operated by the City of Long Beach Harbor Department. The Port is governed by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners