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OOCL signs a preliminary agreement in order to operate new the great terminal to the Middle Harbor of Long Beach
Last year the fleet of the company of Hong Kong has transported five million container (+5.6%)
January 20, 2012
In the 2011 fleet of portacontainer of the company Orient Overseas Container Linens (OOCL) of Hong Kong container has transported cargo volumes 5.033.137 pairs to teu, with a progression of 5.6% regarding 2010. Light increase (+0.4%) of the volumes transported on the transpacifiche routes, while more emphasized it has been that on the routes Asia-Europe (+8.8%), on the routes ocean-going liners (+9.3%) and on those intra-Asians and with Oceania (+6.6%).
In the 2011 revenues generated from the volumes transported from the fleet they are piled to 5,53 billion dollars, decreasing of the 1.5% regarding 5,61 billion dollars in the year precedence.
In the solo fourth trimester last year the OOCL fleet has transported 1.278.134 teu, with a decrease of 2.0% regarding the correspondent period of 2010. The volumes transported on transpacifiche routes (- 0.6%), on that Asia-Europe (- 2.3%) and on those intra-Asians and with Oceania (- 3.6% have turned out inferior), while the volumes on the routes are increased (to +5.2%) ocean-going liners.
In the last trimester of the 2011 revenues deriving from the transported volumes they have been attested to 1,35 billion dollars, with a contraction of 11.2% regarding 1,52 billion dollars in the period October-December of the year precedence.
While OOCL has signed with the Port of Long Beach a preliminary agreement in order to obtain in concession for 40 years the container terminal about to modernization in the area Middle Harbor of the Californian port. It piles to 4,6 billion dollars the investment never previewed, the most elevated realized in the American ports. The agreement is signed by OOCL and its branches OOCL, LCC and Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT).
Port Authority of Long Beach is investing 1,2 billion dollars in order to completely restructure the terminal that are extended on the docks and F of the Middle Harbor occupying an area of 300 acres. The work of the first phase is started the slid spring. For OOCL and LBCT an investment of about 500 million dollars in the means purchase is previewed of handling of the container.
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In the 2011 fleet of portacontainer of the company Orient Overseas Container Linens (OOCL) of Hong Kong container has transported cargo volumes 5.033.137 pairs to teu, with a progression of 5.6% regarding 2010. Light increase (+0.4%) of the volumes transported on the transpacifiche routes, while more emphasized it has been that on the routes Asia-Europe (+8.8%), on the routes ocean-going liners (+9.3%) and on those intra-Asians and with Oceania (+6.6%).
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