Port of Los Angeles Container Volumes Increase 5.5 Percent in July

The Port of Los Angeles has released its July 2012 cargo volumes. Overall volumes increased 5.53 percent compared to July 2011. Imports increased by 3.97 percent from 357667 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers in July 2011 to 371859 TEUs this July. Exports increased a slight .27 percent from 165135 TEUs in July 2011 to 165581 TEUs in July 2012.

Combined total loaded imports and exports for July increased 2.8 percent from 522802 TEUs last July to 537440 TEUs in July 2012. Factoring in empties which increased 14.1 percent year over year overall July 2012 volumes (726375 TEUs) increased 5.53 percent compared to July 2011 (688325 TEUs). For the first seven months of 2012 overall container volumes have increased 6.3 percent (4736579 TEUs) compared to the same period in 2011 (4455552 TEUs).