THEORY AND DIG ABOUT LA LIVE OP
>Why is the MX border / Long Beach Port so important?
>Trace from China/MX to Long Beach.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Long_Beach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Los_Angeles
>The port's container volume was 9.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in calendar year 2017, a 5.5% increase over 2016's record-breaking year of 8.8 million TEU. It's the most cargo moved annually by a Western Hemisphere port. The port is the busiest port in the United States by container volume, the 19th-busiest container port in the world, and the 10th-busiest worldwide when combined with the neighboring Port of Long Beach. The port is also the number-one freight gateway in the United States when ranked by the value of shipments passing through it.
>The port's top trading partners in 2016 were:
>1.China/Hong Kong ($137 billion)
>2. Japan ($39 billion)
>3. Vietnam ($15 billion)
>4. South Korea ($15 billion)
>5. Taiwan ($12 billion)
>The most-imported types of goods in the 2016 calendar year were, in order: furniture, automobile parts, apparel, electronic products, and plastics.
>The Port's World Cruise Center, located in the San Pedro District beneath the Vincent Thomas Bridge, has three passenger ship berths transporting over 1 million passengers annually, making it the largest cruise ship terminal on the West Coast of the United States.
>The ‘Standard’ Hotel.
>Helicopter crash.
>All related.
THE PORT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS A CONTAINER PORT. THE BUSIEST AND BIGGEST ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE USED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TO SHIP HUMAN CARGO
TEN MILLION SHIPPING CONTAINERS