The Port of Los Angeles recorded a 2.1% drop in container throughput last year to just under 8.2m teu, in contrast to neighbouring Long Beach, which handled almost 7.2m teu, a jump of 5.4%.
This was only the third time in Long Beach’s history that it surpassed the 7m mark. The previous two years were 2006 and 2007.
Oakland’s containerised import volume was essentially unchanged from 2014 with a slight 0.2% decrease year on year. Overall cargo volume in imports, exports and empties decreased 4.9% in 2015.