Los Angeles/Long Beach beats Hong Kong to 9th busiest port in H1 2021 Top 20 ports see 13% volume growth, but freight rates surge by 346% Port congestion keeps ships at anchor across major US ports The busiest US container ports are moving up the global rankings amid record import volumes, but the deluge of cargoes continues to exceed capacity with growing ship queues on both the East and West Coasts. w The Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex jumped ahead of Hong Kong to ninth place in the global container port rankings, posting a combined volume of 10.18 million twenty-foot equivalent units in the first half of 2021, shipping intelligence provider Alphaliner said on Sept. 22. The Port of New York and New Jersey, busiest on the East Coast of North America, moved ahead of […]