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To strong February decrease of the traffic of the container in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Enlivened respective 503 thousand teu (- 10.2%) and 413 thousand teu (- 20.1%)
March 18, 2015
Also to February the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have recorded an sensitive decrease of the containerized trade determined from the interruptions of the activity caused from the protests for the lacked agreement for renew of the contract of the job in the ports. Last month to Long Beach they are enlivened 413 thousand container teu, with a contraction of the -20,1% regarding 517 thousand teu in February 2014. The imports and the full exports of container are dropped respective of the -24,7% and the -22,9% to 204 thousand and 111 thousand teu. Container handling empty has been pairs to 98 thousand teu (- 3.9%).
Last month the port of Los Angeles has enlivened 503 thousand teu, with a bending of the -10,2% on February 2014. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding is piled to 254 thousand teu (- 10.7%) and 132 thousand teu (- 10.3%) and the container empty to 117 thousand teu (- 8.9%).
In the first period of two months of the 2015 ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach they have enlivened respective a total of a million teu and 843 thousand teu, with decreases of -17,2% and -19,4% on the January-February period last year.
The leaders of the two Californian ports have emphasized that after the temporary agreement reached 20th February from union ILWU and datoriale association PMA the activity on the docks it is resumption to good rhythm and is giving yields also the collaboration mails in existence from the two ports in order to resolve the problems of congestion of the traffic.
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Also to February the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have recorded an sensitive decrease of the containerized trade determined from the interruptions of the activity caused from the protests for the lacked agreement for renew of the contract of the job in the ports. Last month to Long Beach they are enlivened 413 thousand container teu, with a contraction of the -20,1% regarding 517 thousand teu in February 2014. The imports and the full exports of container are dropped respective of the -24,7% and the -22,9% to 204 thousand and 111 thousand teu. Container handling empty has been pairs to 98 thousand teu (- 3.9%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
