August container count at US port of Long Beach up 23.9% on year

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New York-The monthly container cargo count at the Port of Long Beach, California, increased 23.9% in August to 611,002 units, compared to the year-ago month, according to the port authority. Units are measured in 20-foot equivalent containers. August was the ninth consecutive month of volume increases at the port, which serves Los Angeles and Southern California, in the year-to-year comparisons, according to a port statement late Tuesday.