Cargo quantities at the Port of Los Angeles got to 8,856,782 TEU in 2016, noting the busiest year ever before for the port or any type of port in the Western Hemisphere Port for that issue, the Port of Los Angeles stated Thursday.

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The port ended up the year with December quantities of 796,536 TEUs, a 27 percent rise contrasted to the very same duration in 2015. This notes the bbusiest December as well as 4th quarter in the ports 110-year background. Overall in 2016, freight boosted 8.5 percent contrasted to 2015.

“I salute our industry stakeholders and thank Mayor Garcetti and the policymakers and agencies at the state and federal level that have supported our various Supply Chain Optimization initiatives over the past year,” stated Port ofLos Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka “To handle this much volume with minimal issues is an extraordinary accomplishment and demonstrates our capability-building efforts here in the San Pedro Bay complex.”

“We’re proud to be the backbone that makes the San Pedro Bay port one of the world’s leading trade gateways,” stated Bobby Olvera Jr., President of the International Longshore as well as Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13. “Longshore workers played a critical role in this milestone and we look forward to doing our part to process more cargo through the port complex in 2017.”

December imports boosted 22.6 percent to 394,217 TEUs. Exports leapt 25.6 percent to 164,900 TEUs. Along with a 23.5 percent surge in vacant containers, general December container quantities were 796,536 TEUs.