Port of LA on Pace to Surpass 9 Mln TEU in 2017
ever and kept it on track to surpass last year’s annual total.
L.A. moved 7,639,756 TEU in the first 10 months of 2017, up 6.4 percent compared to the same period in 2016, which closed with a record total of 8.8 million TEU for the year.
A recent call from a Maersk ship at APM Terminals Pier 400 Los Angeles went a long way to help the port maintain its record pace.
“In October, the good men and women of the ILWU moved 24,308 TEUs off and back on the Maersk Evora at APM Terminals in Los Angeles, which is believed to be a world record for a single vessel port call