To October the port of Long Beach has recorded an increase of the traffic of the container; decrease to Los Angeles



If last month the port of Long Beach has recorded the most elevated volume than traffic of the container enlivened in last the eight years in October, the port of Los Angeles has accused instead a bending of the -1,5% of the containers.

In the first harbour port of call the increase is determined by the increase of the export. "We have had - the managing director of the Port of Long Beach has confirmed, Jon Slangerup - a peak anticipated to July and August, with great part of the escorts for shopping of the christmas period that has reached before the customary one". If last month to Long Beach, in fact, the total traffic has been of 620 thousand teu, with a progression of +6.3% regarding October 2014, the flow of full container in import, after the increments to two figures totaled in the past months of July and August, is diminished coming down of the -1,9% to september and the -0,8% to October, month in which handling it has been pairs to 308 thousand teu. Vice versa last month the full exports of container are increased of +6.5% attesting itself to 128 thousand teu and consisting it has been also empty handling of container that has totaled 184 thousand teu (+20.8%).

To Los Angeles, instead, last month the total of the traffic has been pairs to 705 thousand teu, with a contraction of the -1,5% on October 2014. Also in this port of call the full imports of container have shown a bending having come down of the -3,3% to 359 thousand teu. Consisting it has been also the decrease of the full exports of container that are dropped of the -14,7% to 135 thousand teu. In increase only container handling empty, that it has been pairs to 221 thousand teu (+13.1%).

In the first ten months of the 2015 port of Long Beach it has enlivened a total almost 6,0 million teu, with an increment of +5.4% on the January-October period last year. Totally the full imports of container are increased of +2.6% 3,0 million teu, while the full exports of container are diminished of the -5,1% to 1,3 million teu. Container handling empty has been pairs to 1,7 million teu (+21.5%).

In the first ten months of this year the total traffic to Los Angeles has been pairs to 6,8 million teu (- 2.8%), of which 3,5 million teu of full container to the disembarkation (- 3.3%), 1,4 million teu of full container to boarding (- 15.1%) and 2,0 million teu of container empty (+10.9%).