Long Beach PortThe Port of Long Beach had its second busiest month of October this year. Cargo volumes at the port totaled 688,425 TEUs during the month, a 2.4% decrease over October 2018 cargo volumes.

Despite the strong performance, the tariffs and trade disputes are impacting the port's activity. The Port moved 6,366,787 TEUs during the first 10 months of 2019, 5.4% down from last year's record-setting pace.

Exports lead the activity, increasing 9.8% this year, while imports dipped 7.4% to 337,062 TEUs. Empty containers delivered overseas to be filled with goods decreased 0.8% to 219,728 TEUs.

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Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.