Long Beach container cargo volume rebounds in April

After a slight dip in container cargo volume in March compared to a year ago, Port of Long Beach experienced a rebound in April with a 12 percent increase in imports and a 9.5 percent growth overall compared to April 2010.

Overall, the Port moved 531,090 twenty-foot equivalent container units last month compared to 485,059 TEU in April of last year.

Port terminals handled 270,107 TEU of import containers, almost 30,000 TEU more than a year ago. Exports jumped by 10.4 percent to 143,683 TEU, aided by a weaker dollar and growing demand abroad. Empty container moves were up 3.2 percent to 117,300 TEU. Most empty containers are bound overseas for refilling. <Korea Shipping Gazette>