When naming a tune to describe 2020, “Bad” comes to mind. But Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero thinks more along symphonic lines, describing the year just past as a crescendo.
“We started soft, in a sea of uncertainty, and we finished strong, topping 8.1 million TEUs — our best year ever,” Cordero said during his State of the Port address Thursday. “After a dire first half of the year, cargo came roaring back.”
In fact, despite a coronavirus-caused volume drought last spring,...
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