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“If I had a nickel for every time I heard …”
Add “record.”
“If I had a nickel for every time I heard the word record associated with a U.S. port’s monthly volume … .”
U.S. ports continue to rake in a lot of nickels while they break record after record as consumers keep dropping dollars on everything from Asian-manufacturered appliances to zebra-striped apparel.
Port of Long BeachWednesday’s announcement from the Port of Long Beach said the United States’ second-busiest port “continued its unprecede...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/broken-records-historic-cargo-surge-still-making-waves-at-us-ports
The Port of Los Angeles on Thursday became the first port in the Western Hemisphere to process 10 million container units in a 12-month period.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, longshore labor leaders and port officials were among those gathered at the Fenix Marine Services Terminal to watch as the 10 millionth container was loaded onto the CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci.
The CMA CGM Group is the Port of LA’s largest shipping line customer. The ship, which has a carrying capacity of 13,344 twenty-foot...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-la-reaches-10-million-container-milestone
FreightWaves Classics articles look at various aspects of the transportation industry’s history. If there are topics that you think would be of interest, please send them to [email protected].
The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of...
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