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Despite challenges, Long Beach posts fifth-best year

Middle Harbor at the Port of Long Beach in April 2016. Slowed by industry headwinds and challenges that included a major customer declaring bankruptcy, the Port of Long Beach still moved almost 6.8 million containers in 2016, its fifth best year ever. Overall cargo declined 5.8 percent in 2016 compared to 2015, as the Port was impacted by new ocean carrier alliances and the August bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping, a South ... [+]

POLB Sees November Volumes Lagging Behind Brisk 2015 Figures

Middle Harbor at the Port of Long Beach in April 2016. Shifting alliance routes and the Hanjin bankruptcy continued to affect Port of Long Beach volumes in November, when container traffic was 13.8% lower than the same month last year. A total of 534,308 TEUs were moved through the harbor last ... [+]

POLB Port Volumes Dip in October

October container volumes were down 6.2% at the Port of Long Beach compared to the same month last year, as the fallout from the Hanjin bankruptcy continues to settle. A total of 581,808 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) moved through docks last month. Export TEUs were 1.2% down, relatively flat compared to ... [+]

Maersk Line, Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles Partner to Measure, Reduce Air Pollution from Ships

Maersk Line and the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are partnering to measure the environmental benefits of a $125 million upgrade for 12 Maersk container ships. This will involve the installation of high-tech equipment to track vessel emissions and energy efficiency over the next three years, enabling more ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Leads Way to Clear Backlog of Empty Containers Due to Hanjin Bankruptcy

The Port of Long Beach is helping to clear a significant backlog of empty cargo containers from Southern California and free up the chassis they sit on, as part of an agreement with terminal operator Total Terminals International (TTI) to bring in a container ship to remove up to 4,300 ... [+]

POLB September Cargo Weighed Down by Hanjin Bankruptcy

Port of Long Beach container volumes declined 16.6% year-over-year in September, as the effects of the Hanjin bankruptcy reached West Coast ports. Longshore workers moved 546,805 TEUs last month. This included 282,945 TEUs in imports, down 15% from September 2015, a month which capped off the port’s best quarter ever. Exports ... [+]

POLB Wins SCAQMD Clean Air Award

The Port of Long Beach and Long Beach Container Terminal have received a prestigious Clean Air Award for working to reduce pollution in Southern California with the Middle Harbor redevelopment project. Given by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the award in the category of Business Leadership in Air Quality ... [+]

POLB Exports Up, Overall Cargo Volumes Down

Middle Harbor at the Port of Long Beach. August exports surged 14.8% through the Port of Long Beach compared to the same month in 2015, but lower imports drove overall volumes down. Harbor terminals moved 641,029 twenty-foot equivalent units in August, an 8.9% year-over-year decrease. Of those, 321,625 TEUs were import ... [+]

Exports Up at Long Beach, Overall Cargo Volumes Down

August exports surged 14.8% through the Port of Long Beach compared to the same month in 2015, but lower imports drove overall volumes down. Harbor terminals moved 641,029 TEUs equivalent units in August, an 8.9% year-over-year decrease. Of those, 321,625 TEUs were import containers, which were down 10.2%. Exports numbered 159,247 ... [+]

Container volumes down at Port of Long Beach for July

Cargo at the Port of Long Beach Container volume at the Port of Long Beach was down 7.7% in July compared to the same month in 2015, when harbor terminals handled a record amount of cargo. Dockworkers moved 637,091 TEUs last month. Imports totaled 325,608 containers, a 5.9% year-over-year decrease. Exports ... [+]

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