DEMAND DRIVEN BY ONLINE SPENDING, RETAILERS RESTOCKING SHELVES An ongoing cargo boom largely driven by online purchases lifted the Port of Long Beach to its strongest April on record. Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 746,188 twenty-foot equivalent units in April, a 43.6% increase from the same month last year. It was the first time the .
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The Port of Long Beach reported its busiest April on record as the cargo boom continues.
Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 746,188 twenty-foot equivalent units in April for a 43.6% increase from the same month last year. It was the first time the port handled more than 700,000 TEUs in the month of April and surpassed the previous record set in April 2019 by 118,066 TEUs.
The nation’s second busiest port said the ongoing cargo boom is largely driven by online purchases.
Imports grew 44.8% to 367,151 TEUs, while exports climbed 21% to 124,069 TEUs. Empty containers moved through the port were up 55.8% to 254,970 TEUs. Year-to-date the Port of Long Beach has moved 3,122,315 TEUs during, marking a 41.8% increase from the same period in 2020.
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March Marked Port of Long Beach’s Busiest Month in History
LONG BEACH March was the Port of Long Beach’s busiest month in its 110-year history and only the third month that the port handled more than 800,000 20-foot equivalent units in a single month, officials announced April 8.
March is traditionally a slow month for the port, officials said, but this past March, the dockworkers and terminal operators moved a total of 840,387 20-foot equivalent units. The previous busiest month was December 2020, when 815,885 units were moved.
“Although the pandemic is receding, consumers are spending less on travel this year and turning toward online retail in unprecedented numbers to purchase exercise equipment, office furniture and home improvement items,” said Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach. “The demand for e-commerce is happening more quickly than we anticipated, but we will continue to collaborate with our industry stakeholders to catch up with the un
April 8, 2021
The Port of Long Beach reported its busiest month ever in March as imports continue to pour into U.S. seaports.
The Port of Long Beach says the new record comes as consumers “continued to practice physical distancing guidelines in March and turned their computers into virtual shopping malls.”
Although March is traditionally one of the slowest months on the shipping calendar, dockworkers and terminal operators moved 840,387 twenty-foot equivalent units last month, a 62.3% jump from March 2020 and marking the largest year-over-year increase for a single month.
The previous “best month” record of 815,885 TEUs, set in December 2020, was surpassed by 24,502 TEUs. It was also the third time in the Port of Long Beach’s 110-year history that it has handled more than 800,000 TEUs in a single month.