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Last month a decided increase of the traffic of the container in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles is recorded
In February the 2012 traffic was dropped because of the smaller exports from Asia for effect of the festivity of the lunar New Year's Day
March 15, 2013
Last month the traffic of the container enlivened from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles has recorded an sensitive increase. Such increase regarding the month of February of 2012 - as they have confirmed the harbour authorities of the two Californian ports of call - is determined also by the fact that last year the lunar New Year's Day, festivity in which verification usually in many Asian nations a slow down of the production of the goods exported towards the United States, is celebrated in the end of January and has had an impact on the volume of containerized trade enlivened in the next month, while in the 2013 festivity it is celebrated to February half and it will have an impact on the data of traffic of freedom of expression. From part its Port of Long Beach has evidenced as the traffic enlivened last month from the port has grown also because of the employment of portacontainer of greater ability that call at Long Beach and of the arrival of a greater number of services of line in the port that, among other things, at the end last year has seen the exclusive takeover of hub by two of the main world-wide companies, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CGM.
Last month the single port of Long Beach has enlivened a containerized trade 530.967 pairs to container teu, with a progression of 36.6% on February 2012. It disembarks and it embarks it of container full have been pairs respective to 279.144 teu (+45.8%) and 140,626 teu (+17.2%). Container handling empty has totaled 111,197 teu (+44.2%).
In the first period of two months of the 2013 port of Long Beach it has enlivened altogether 1.067.230 teu, with an increment of 26.3% on the correspondent period last year.
Last month the traffic in the port of Los Angeles has been attested to 614.959 teu, in increase of 17.0% regarding February 2012. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding has been pairs respective to 318.547 teu (+25.2%) and 156,691 teu (- 4.9%) and the container empty has been 139,721 teu (+31.1%).
In the January-February period of this Los Angeles year it has enlivened a total of 1.283.949 teu, with an increase of 4.9% on the same period of 2012.
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Last month the traffic of the container enlivened from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles has recorded an sensitive increase. Such increase regarding the month of February of 2012 - as they have confirmed the harbour authorities of the two Californian ports of call - is determined also by the fact that last year the lunar New Year's Day, festivity in which verification usually in many Asian nations a slow down of the production of the goods exported towards the United States, is celebrated in the end of January and has had an impact on the volume of containerized trade enlivened in the next month, while in the 2013 festivity it is celebrated to February half and it will have an impact on the data of traffic of freedom of expression. From part its Port of Long Beach has evidenced as the traffic enlivened last month from the port has grown also because of the employment of portacontainer of greater ability that call at Long Beach and of the arrival of a greater number of services of line in the port that, among other things, at the end last year has seen the exclusive takeover of hub by two of the main world-wide companies, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CGM.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
