The import container counts for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach rate of growth slowed month-over-month but still shows significant growth. Exports continued in contraction. Analyst Opinion of Container Movements On top of a trade war and the world pandemic, import container counts continue to surge. There is chaos in container movements with containers in the wrong place and shortages of rail cars to move containers - however, the container situation again improved this month - but there continues a shortage of containers. Simply looking at this month versus last month - exports and exports slowed. Some pundits think that the new Panama Canal locks have affected the West Coasts' container counts - our analysis is that there is little impact. Many do not understand that the new locks are more expensive per ton. HOWEVER, a new trend is developing is that ships are going around the Cape because of lower fuel prices.