Los Angeles box volume up 24.7 per cent in August - best since 2006

CONTAINER volume Los Angeles climbed increased 24.7 in August year on year to 763,837 TEU, reaching its highest monthly total since August 2006 throughput hit 790,726 TEU, reported Dow Jones.

Loaded inbound containers totalled 399,150 TEU, up 23.3 per cent. Loaded outbound slumped 1.8 per cent to 147,608 TEU. Container traffic through the Port of Los Angeles is up 17.9 per cent year to date compared to 2009.

Los Angeles statistics were buoyed by 217,077 TEU moving through the port last month, a 56.6 per cent rise from the year-ago period as shippers continue to return large numbers of empties to Asia to address capacity shortages.
(Source:www.schednet.com)