The US West Coast gateway ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach saw a surge in container volumes in January 2023 as retailers restocked inventory ahead the Lunar New Year shutdown in China.

The Port of Long Beach will receive a $383.35 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency to complete a series of construction and clean-air technology projects to accelerate the transformation to zero-emission operations.

The rate of cargo volume decline at the Port of Long Beach year-on-year is slowing and was down 14.9% in May.

Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach continued to show a sharp decline year-on-year in April, although volumes handled were higher than in March 2023.

The US Port of Long Beach has made progress with its $870m rail project to streamline rail operations and reduce bottlenecks at the second busiest container port in the country.

The US operations of Cosco Shipping Lines has apparently been hit by an apparent cyberattack causing some disruption to the network there, however global operations have not been affected.

The Port of Long Beach has approved MSC buy of a Hanjin Shipping’s 54% stake in Total Terminals International (TTI).