The Port of Los Angeles has released its February 2013 cargo results, with overall volumes increasing 17 per cent compared with the same month last year.
Imports jumped 25.23 per cent, from 254,359 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) containers in February 2012 to 318,547 TEUs, while exports dropped 4.88 per cent to 156,690 TEUs.
Combined, total loaded imports and exports for February increased 13.40 per cent, from 419,084 TEUs last February to 475,237 TEUs. Factoring in empties, which increased 31 per cent year-on-year, overall February 2013 volumes (614,948 TEUs) increased 16.99 per cent.
For the first two months of 2013, overall container volumes increased 4.87 per cent (1.28m TEUs) compared with the same period of 2011.
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