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L.A. Container Shipping Grows
Container shipping at the Port of Los Angeles grew by 8.75% in June, faster than the first-half average, the port authority said Wednesday.
Los Angeles handled 696,850 twenty foot-equivalent units, up from 640,795 in June 2011.
For the first half of the year, volume was 4.01 million TEUs, a 6.45% increase from the year-ago period.
For the month, 50.8% of containers handled were imports, 25% were exports and 24.2% were empty, according to the port authority.
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