Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outrbeak, the second busiest container port in the US, Port of Long Beach, marked a drop in its cargo handling volume. Namely, the port managed to handle 538.428 TEUs during February, down by 9.8% in comparison to February 2019.
As Port of Long Beach announced, due to the coronavirus situation, fewer ships are calling the port. In fact, this caused a decrease in the imports by 18%.
Although, the exports marked an increase by 19.3%. At the same time, empty containers...
https://safety4sea.com/port-of-long-beach-sees-9-8-drop-in-cargo-volumes-amid-covid-19/