Freight Forwarding

Port of Los Angeles sets record for exports‎ A rising tide of exports has been flowing through the nation's busiest seaport complex this year, helped by a weak dollar and a strengthening U.S. manufacturing sector.

Exports post gains at Port of Los Angeles At the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, imports rule. Improvement projects are designed around the fact that the harbor handles 40% of the nation's Asian imports. Officials once joked that their biggest export was Southern California smog.

The Freight Summit 2011

Cargo traffic rises 8% at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports Cargo traffic at the nation's busiest seaport complex in February fell from its double-digit growth rate for the first time in a year, rising just 8% because of a sudden flattening in the pace of exports, harbor officials said.

Ports of L.A. and Long Beach are surging back The resurgent tide of international trade lifted nearly all major U.S. seaports this year, but none is gaining freight and jobs faster than Los Angeles and Long Beach , the nation's busiest cargo complex.

Exports at L.A. and Long Beach ports are at a near-record pace Southern California 's twin ports are on track to post total exports for the year that approach the records set before the global recession, just as the region's preeminent air freight hub — Los Angeles International Airport — is on pace to set an all-time high for outgoing cargo.