The Port of Los Angeles has released its January 2013 cargo volumes. Overall volumes decreased 4.25 percent compared to January 2012. The decrease was due to a vessel service that shifted out of the Port of Los Angeles.
Imports decreased 5.32 percent, from 356,394 Twenty-Foot Equivalent (TEU) containers in January 2012 to 337,428 TEUs this January. Exports dropped 5.44 percent, from 168,427 TEUs in January 2012 to 159,257 TEUs in January 2013.
Combined, total loaded imports and exports for January decreased 5.36 percent, from 524,821 TEUs last January to 496,685 TEUs in January 2013. Factoring in empties, which slipped .91 percent year over year, overall January 2013 volumes (669,000) decreased 4.25 percent compared to January 2012 (698,715 TEUs).
Current and past data container counts for the Port of Los Angeles may be found at:
http://www.portoflosangeles.org/maritime/stats.asp
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