As retailers prepare for the holiday shopping season, goods movement in August at the Port of Long Beach posted its busiest month in six years, according to figures released Monday.

The port — which has been seeing bigger ships coming in thanks to two of the world’s largest shippers expanding there — is having its busiest month since October 2007. Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co. and France-based CMA CGM recently decided to make the Port of Long Beach their West Coast hub.

Meanwhile, cargo movement at the Port of Los Angeles remained even last month.

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