The Port of Los Angeles, the largest containerport in the Americas, saw volumes increase 8.2% compared to a year ago with 689,141-teu.
Container imports rose 7.75%from 326,114-teu last month to 351,403teus in May 2014. Exports rose 2.3% to158,473-teu.
Combined, total loadedimports and exports increased 6%, from 481,019-teu in May 2013 to 509,876-teulast month.
For the first five months ofcalendar year 2014, overall volumes of 3.3mteu