August Port Activity On Track to Set Record

High Point, NC, August 14, 2017-August is setting up to be the biggest month ever for container imports, reports Furniture Today, and 2017 is on track to set a new annual high.

“July container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest port, climbed 16% compared with July 2016 volumes to 796,804 20-foot equivalent units, the busiest July in the port’s 110-year history,” the publication reports. “Seven months into 2017, L.A. port container volumes are 9.5% ahead of 2016, when the Port of Los Angeles handled a record-breaking 8.8 million TEUs.”