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The 3rd busiest month of POLB’s history

For the second consecutive year, the Port of Long Beach has broken its October record for cargo, as volumes rose 5.4 percent compared to the same month in 2017. October 2018 was also the third-busiest month in the Port’s 107-year history.

Marine terminals handled 705,408 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container cargo in October. Inbound containers increased 7.4 percent, to 364,084 TEUs. Export TEUs totaled 119,837 TEUs, a 5 percent decline. Empty containers shipped overseas grew 8.5 percent, to 221,487 TEUs.

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero said the results illustrate the evolving effects of the U.S.-China trade war.

“Our higher import volumes suggest some retailers expect U.S. consumers will be big spenders this holiday season,” said Cordero. “Other importers are rushing shipments to beat escalating tariffs. At the same time, the trade war has clearly slowed American exports to China.”

Through October, the Port of Long Beach has moved 6,727,542 TEUs, which is 7.9 percent higher than the matching period during 2017, when the Port broke its annual mark for cargo volume.

“We are on track to once again break our full-year record,” said Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners President Tracy Egoscue. “That’s a good thing for the 1.4 million jobs the Port of Long Beach supports across the United States. The Harbor Commission would like to thank the terminal operators, longshore workers and truckers who are such an important part of our success this year.”

 





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