The Port of Long Beach has had its busiest month and highest quarterly throughput in its 109-year history on the back of a demand surge on the eastbound trans-Pacific lane. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The port handled 795,580 twenty-foot-equivalent units in September, up 12.5% from September 2019. That exceeded the port’s previous monthly high by more than 42,000 TEUs. In the third quarter, the port moved more than 2.274 million TEUs, a 14.1% jump from Q3 2019, and the highest quarterly throughput in the port’s history. “These numbers reflect a continuation of the secure, speedy, and reliable service we provide at the Port of Long Beach during this difficult time in our country,” said Long Beach Harbor Commission President Frank Colonna. In September, loaded […]