Port of LA marks its lowest monthly cargo volume due to COVID-19

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Following the COVID-19 situation, Port of Los Angeles marked a decline in its cargo volumes during March. In fact, the US busiest port managed to move 449.568 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), meaning a drop by 30.9% in comparison to the same period last year.

Specifically, during the first quarter of 2020, cargo volumes noted a decrease by 18.5% compared to 2019. For the records, this was the lowest monthly cargo moving ever recorded for the port since February 2009.

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