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U.S gateway ports in South California have reported robust container throughput through 2017.
The Port of Los Angeles moved 924,225 TEUs in November, the most containerized monthly cargo the port has processed during its 110-year history. The previous record of 877,564 TEUs was set in November 2016.
Eleven months through 2017, volumes are up 6.3 percent compared to last year's record-breaking 8.8 million TEUs. The Port of Los Angeles is on track to be the first Western Hemisphere port to exceed 9 million TEUs in a calendar year.
In November, loaded imports increased 6.1 percent to 463,690 TEUs compared to November 2016. Loaded exports increased .3 percent to 177,913 TEUs. Those figures, coupled with a 7.4 percent increase in empty container traffic, delivered overall volumes of 924,225 TEUs, an increase of 5.3 percent compared to last November.
Through November 2017, cargo volumes are 8,563,982 TEUs, an increase of 6.3 percent compared to the same period.
The Port of Long Beach has already exceeded the cargo total for all of last year, and will handle more than 7 million containers for only the fourth time in its 106-year history.
A total of 612,659 TEUs moved through Long Beach in November, an increase of 14.7 percent over the same month a year ago. Through the first 11 months of the year, shippers have sent 6,847,589 TEUs across the port's docks, a 10 percent increase. The port handled 6,775,171 TEUs in 2016.
Retailers making a last dash to stock goods for the holidays and after-Christmas sales helped imports surge 18 percent in November to 319,210 TEUs. Exports rose 4.5 percent, to 126,364 TEUs. Demand in Asia for empty containers grew that trade to 167,085 containers, up 17 percent.
