Excerpts from a summary at the Long Beach Business Journal:

For the third time in its history, the port moved more than seven million 20-foot equivalent units of cargo, and overall cargo volumes increased by 5.4 percent compared with 2014. In July and August, the port “achieved record cargo volumes resulting in the port’s biggest quarter in history,” Port of Long Beach Chief Executive Jon Slangerup noted.

In 2015’s peak shipping season, the port experienced no significant congestion issues, which Slangerup lauded as result of the resolved longshore labor contract, improved chassis pool operations and a supply chain optimization initiative.

While many have speculated that the expansion of the Panama Canal might cause shippers to route away from Long Beach and harm the port’s business, Slangerup pointed out that doing so would increase shippers’ costs between 20 to 40 percent.

Read the rest at the Long Beach Business Journal