The Port of Los Angeles excels in 2020 despite disruption
The Port of Los Angeles, the USA’s busiest container port moved 9.2 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in 2020, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka announced at the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association’s sixth annual State of the Port of Los Angeles – a virtual event this year.
A late-year surge of pandemic-induced consumer spending helped boost volumes to near 2019 levels, making 2020 the fourth highest-volume year in the Port’s history.
“Our container business in 2020 was the most erratic we have ever seen, with volumes plunging nearly 19% in the first five months of the year, followed by an unprecedented second-half surge,” Seroka said. “Our ILWU longshore workforce did a great job adapting to the huge swings in volume, as did port truckers and everyone else involved in moving cargo through our Port. In a year of great difficulty, we are extremely grateful for the tenacity a
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Current congestion at the Port of Los Angeles is unprecedented, with an all-time monthly record of 980,729 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) set in October. The Wall Street Journal reported China exports were up 22% in November, with a 46% increase in shipments to the U.S. Congestion is hitting East Coast ports, too. October’s container volumes at the Port of Savannah reached a record high of 464,095 TEUs.
To ease congestion, Port of LA has implemented a free Return Signal platform, providing visibility to truckers as to when and where they can return empty containers, in hopes of creating more drop-and-hook scenarios. But Brian Kempisty, CEO of Port X Logistics, doesn’t see this as a viable short-term solution, especially when the unions resist automation.
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