Record Volumes at L.A. Ports to Become ‘New Normal’ After Crisis
- Consumer demand to keep Los Angeles, Long Beach ports busy
- Cordero reports fewer containers are waiting for transport
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The record volume of cargo moving through the U.S.’s busiest port complex is likely to continue amid high consumer demand for goods, the head of the Port of Long Beach said.
“It’s going to be the new normal in terms of the amount of containers that you’re going to be seeing here going to this complex,” Executive Director Mario Cordero said in an interview with Taylor Riggs on Bloomberg Television Wednesday. “That 20 million number is not going to get reduced even after the crisis,” he said, referring to the number of 20-foot equivalent units Long Beach and the neighboring port of Los Angeles expect to move this year, which will be the most yet.