Long Beach handled lesser containers in Oct, freight rates steady
Port of Long Beach handled 789,716 TEUs in October 2021, down 2.1 percent from October 2020 but still the second-busiest October on record.
While imports declined over four percent to 385,000 TEUs, exports increased 6.6 percent to 122,214 TEUs. Empty containers moved through the port declined 2.4 percent to 282,502 TEUs.
“Every sector of the supply chain has reached capacity and it is time for all of us to step up and get these goods delivered,” said Mario Cordero, executive director, Port of Long. “In Long Beach, we are trying to add capacity by searching for vacant land to store containers, expanding the hours of operation at terminals, and implementing a fee that will incentivise ocean carriers to pull their containers out of the port as soon as possible.”
