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In the 2015 traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles it is dropped of the -2,2%, while to Long Beach it is increased of +5.4%
8.160.458 teu and 7.192.069 teu are enlivened respective
January 15, 2016
Last year the port of Los Angeles has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 8.160.458 teu, with a bending of the -2,2% regarding 8.340.066 teu in 2014. The decrease is contained thanks to the rise of +10.7% of container handling empty, that it is piled to 2.366.325 teu. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding instead is diminished respective of the -2,6% and the -14,3% coming down to 4.159.462 teu and 1.656.677 teu. In the single month of December 2015 the port has enlivened 626,277 teu, with a contraction of the -4,9% on December 2014.
In spite of the reduction of the traffic, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, Gene Seroka, has manifested satisfaction because in the 2015 Californian harbour port of call he has exceeded for the fifth time in its history the enlivened eight threshold million container in a year. Previously this has happened in 2006, when the historical record is marked almost 8,5 million teu, and therefore in 2007, 2012 and 2014. "Although the weak person year start - she has emphasized - has been a remarkable resumption thanks to our terminals, to the workers and the operators of the supply chain".
The other main port of California has instead closed 2015 with a rise of the containerized trade. To Long Beach 7.192.069 teu are enlivened, with a progression of +5.4% regarding 6.820.808 teu in 2014. It disembarks of container full have grown of +3.1% attesting itself to 3.625.265 teu, while it embarks it of container full are diminished of the -4,9% to 1.525.556 teu. Handling of empty containers has totaled 2.041.249 teu (+20.2%). In single December 2015 the traffic has been pairs to 596.448 teu, with an increase of +5.1% on the same month of 2014.
The Port of Long Beach has evidenced that last year, for the third time in its history, the port has exceeded quota seven million teu, volume that is exceeded previously in year 2006 and 2007 when the historical record of beyond 7,3 million is established teu.
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Last year the port of Los Angeles has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 8.160.458 teu, with a bending of the -2,2% regarding 8.340.066 teu in 2014. The decrease is contained thanks to the rise of +10.7% of container handling empty, that it is piled to 2.366.325 teu. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding instead is diminished respective of the -2,6% and the -14,3% coming down to 4.159.462 teu and 1.656.677 teu. In the single month of December 2015 the port has enlivened 626,277 teu, with a contraction of the -4,9% on December 2014.
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