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Decided contraction of the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach in August
535,929 teu (- 12.3% are enlivened)
September 14, 2011
Last month the port of Long Beach has recorded a heavy contraction of the traffic of the container having enlivened altogether 535,929 teu, with a decrease of 12.3% regarding 611.002 teu totaled in August 2010.
It disembarks and it embarks it of container full are diminished respective of 14.2% and 3.8% to 267.198 teu and 121,277 teu, while empty handling of container is come down of 15.1% to 147.454 teu.
In the first eight months of the 2011 traffic of the container in the Californian port of call it has been pairs to 4.076.426 teu, in increase of 2.1% regarding 3.993.470 teu in the correspondent period last year. It disembarks and it embarks it of container full are piled respective to 2.041.248 teu (+1.8%) and 1.029.913 teu (+2.6%). Container handling empty has been attested to 1.005.365 teu (+2.2%).
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