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Decided rise of the traffic of the container in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to January 2016
the first port of call has enlivened 704,398 teu (+33.0%), second 536.188 teu (+24.8%)
February 12, 2016
Last month the port of Los Angeles has established the own new record of enlivened containerized trade in January having totaled 704,398 teu, advanced figure of +0.8% compared to the previous record established in January 2012 with 698.715 teu. In January the 2016 other main port Californian container of Long Beach has enlivened 536,188 teu, quota that represents the fourth greater volume of traffic enlivened in January from the port of call (the record is established in January 2007 with 591.469 teu).
The containerized trade enlivened from Los Angeles last month represents an increment of +33.0% regarding 529.427 teu enlivened in January 2015 (how much was recorded a bending of the -22,8% on January 2014 because of problems of congestion of the traffic happened are to Los Angeles that to Long Beach). The record of traffic in January established this year is determined by the volumes full records of disembarks of empty container and of it embarks of container: first they have been pairs to 367.209 teu (the precedence record was of 360.191 teu in January 2007), with a progression of +41.7% on January 2015, while it embarks it of empty boxes have been pairs to 202.942 teu (the precedence record was of 201.824 teu in January 2005), with an increment of +48.0% on January 2015. Last month it embarks it of container empty have recorded an light increase of +1.5% having been it are pairs to 126.240 teu regarding 124.365 teu in January last year. It disembarks of container empty instead are diminished of the -8,3% coming down to 8.007 teu.
To January 2016 the port of Long Beach has recorded an increase of enlivened +24.8% on the 429,490 teu to January 2015 (when a decrease of the -18,8% on January 2014 was totaled). Also to Long Beach the full disembarkation of container has shown a decided rise of +8.6%, being is pairs to 278.491 teu regarding 213.667 teu to January 2015, and consisting it has been also the increase of empty total handling of container that has been pairs to 150.958 teu (+18.9%). Less emphasized it has been increase (+1.1%) of embarks of container full that is gone up to 106.739 teu.
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