Transportation
Busiest US Container Ports Set to Close 2024 With Record Volumes
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The Port of Los Angeles is set for its busiest December on record and the Port of Long Beach is on track to have its best-ever year after the container hubs handled an early and sustained peak season in 2024.
“All indications are that we’re heading into our best December on record,” Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka told reporters on Tuesday. Traditionally it’s a slower month but this December the port will likely surpass 900,000 20-foot container equivalent units or TEUs, and it’s on track to handle 10 million this year for only the second time, Seroka said.