As the nation’s retailers and shoppers gear up for the holiday shopping sprint, two of the nation’s busiest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach, say they are making progress clearing up the tens of thousands of shipping containers that have been backlogged at their facilities.
The Port of Los Angeles processed 902,644 20-foot-equivalent containers (TEUs) in October, an 8% decrease compared with October 2020 — the busiest October on record. Year-to-date, overall cargo volume remains 22% ahead of year-ago levels.
