L.A. Port Volume Rises in May
The Port of Los Angeles said its May import cargo volume rose 5.5% from a year ago, to almost 361,000 20-foot equivalent units.
Export volume rose 14.7% to 184,000 TEUs, and the volume of empty containers fell 20.9% to about 148,000 TEUs, the port said late Tuesday.
Total monthly volume was close to 693,000 TEUs, about half a percentage point higher than a year ago.
For the first five months of this year, the port’s cargo volume increased 6.6%, to 3.13 million TEUs, the port said.
