U.S.’s Port of Long Beach Moves Record Cargo Despite Logjams

The Port of Long Beach moved record cargo volumes last year amid an import surge and supply-chain snarl brought on by the pandemic.

The West Coast port handled 9.38 million 20-foot equivalent units last year, almost 16% more than a year earlier, it said in an emailed statement Wednesday.

U.S. supply chains have strained under unprecedented demand, worker and truck-chassis shortages and a shift to buying more material goods as Americans avoided travel and social outings over the course of the pandemic.

Long Beach and neighboring Los Angeles received record amounts of imports in 2021 and despite efforts by ...