Port of Los Angeles Container Volumes Ease in June after Yantian Export Slowdown

Container throughput at the Port of Los Angeles remained at historically high levels in June but eased from the previous month as imports were affected by a slowdown in exports at China’s Yantian port.

Register Now The port handled 876,430 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in June, an increase of 26.7% year on year but a drop of 13.4% from May’s record total of 1.01 million TEUs, the port said on July 14. Total imports dropped to the lowest level in three months at 469,554 TEUs…