Resolved for the moment the issue job, to March the traffic of the container in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has been pulled up



The return to normal levels of activity after the interruptions of the job on the docks of the ports of determined Los Angeles and Long Beach from the protests for the lacked one I renew of the employment contract, than in the past January months and February has involved for the two ports of call a bending of the containerized trade pairs for the first port to -22,8% and -10,2% and for the second to -18,8% and -20,1%, a remarkable recovery of the volumes in last month has allowed of March, in which the two ports of call have recorded respective increments of +17.3% and +32.0% of generated handling of the container from the consisting rise ofthe full exports of container and empty handling of container that it has more than compensated the decrease of the full imports of container.

Last month the port of Los Angeles has enlivened a total of 792 thousand teu (675 thousand in March 2014) establishing the turned out better second than traffic salary always (the absolute record is recorded in October 2006 with 800 thousand teu). The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding has been pairs respective to 431 thousand teu (+31.6%) and 145 thousand teu (- 22.5%). The container empty has been pairs to 215 thousand teu (+34.7%).

"The containerized volumes of March - the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles has commented, Gene Seroka - have been consisting since our terminals have worked in aggressive way in order to dispose the ships in wait. The number of ships to the deep one is reduced remarkablly, the level of job is elevated and our container terminal is extremely active. We are working to a series of initiatives in order to improve the efficiency in all the supply chain. The next week - Seroka has announced - the port of Los Angeles and the port of Long Beach will accommodate the interested parts in order to discuss other measures in order to ulteriorly optimize the flow of traffic in Saint Pedro Bay".

In March the 2015 port of Long Beach has totaled a traffic of the container pairs to 630 thousand teu (the recorded volume more never elevated in March) regarding 477 thousand teu in March last year. It disembarks and it embarks to it of container full have been pairs to 317 thousand teu (+42.1%) and 127 thousand teu (- 17.3%). The container empty has grown of +85.4% to 185 thousand teu.

Also the harbour authority of Long Beach has confirmed that "the March data have recorded an increase after in the end of February the harbour terminalisti and workers have reached a temporary agreement on the contract". "Meanwhile - it has specified the Port of Long Beach - a new system of sharing of the chassis used from the truck drivers is inaugurated in order to transport cargos to the aim to resolve the problem of the deficiency of means. The activity has a fast rise quickly since the terminals and the workers have remarkablly disposed the rear job that was accumulated over various months of congestion in the ports of West Coast".

In the first trimester of the 2015 port of Los Angeles it has enlivened altogether beyond 1,8 million teu, with a decrease of -5,0% regarding the 1,9 million one teu in the correspondent period last year. The container full in import and export has been pairs respective to 994 thousand teu (- 2.9%) and 402 thousand teu (- 19.1%). Handling of empty containers has been attested to 478 thousand teu (+5.8%).

In the first three months of this year the port of Long Beach has enlivened almost 1,5 million teu, with a bending of -3,3% regarding the period January-March of 2014. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding is diminished respective of the -5,0% and the -19,9% to 736 thousand and 336 thousand teu, while the container empty is increased of +21.8% to 400 thousand teu.