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Port of Los Angeles quarterly throughput rises 11.3pc to 2.03 million TEU

Time：2016-04-15 Browse：136 Author：RISINGSUN

THE Port of Los Angeles posted an 11.3 per cent year-on-year first quarter containerised cargo increase to 2.03 million TEU, according to the LA port authority.

While posting record throughputs, year-on-year comparisons are skewed by the one-time west coast docker disruption last year, which made volumes atypically low in early 2015.

At the time, box volumes at the port fell 22.6 per cent in March to 612,863 TEU, but the port still recorded the busiest first quarter in its 109-year history.

March imports fell 33 per cent to 287,231 TEU year on year. Exports increased 9.5 per cent to 159,362 TEU and empty container traffic dropped 23 per cent to 166,269 TEU.