LONG BEACH—March was the Port of Long Beach’s busiest month in its 110-year history and only the third month that the port handled more than 800,000 20-foot equivalent units in a single month, officials announced April 8.
March is traditionally a slow month for the port, officials said, but this past March, the dockworkers and terminal operators moved a total of 840,387 20-foot equivalent units. The previous busiest month was December 2020, when 815,885 units were moved.