Excerpts from Progressive Railroading:
The Port of Long Beach’s container volume in June rose 8 percent year over year to 610,516 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) — the highest June total since 2007. … At the Port of Los Angeles, June volume totaled 736,438 TEUs, up 13.9 percent compared with June 2013 and the highest monthly volume since September 2012.
The South Carolina Ports Authority reported a strong June, too. The authority’s ports handled 149,183 TEUs, up 19 percent year over year. Non-containerized cargo rose slightly to 83,399 pier tons.
Meanwhile, the American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) board last week elected Kristin Decas as incoming chair for 2014-15.