With 561 thousand teu the port of Long Beach has established own record of traffic of the container in February



Last month the port of Long Beach has established the own new record of enlivened containerized trade in February having recorded a traffic pairs to 561.412 teu, with a progression of enlivened +35.9% regarding 413.114 teu to February 2015, month in which was totaled a decrease of the -20,1% of the traffic regarding February 2014 because of the interruptions of the activity on the docks of the Californian port of call caused by protests in the picture of the negotiations for renew of the contract of the harbour workers. The precedence record for the February month was established in 2007 with 541.204 teu.

The record marked from Long Beach last month is determined by the volume record of full imports of container for the month of February, that they are piled to 295.870 teu, in increase of +44.7% on February 2015.

Elevated it has turned out also the volume of full exports of container, than last month they have been attested to 123.010 teu (+11.1%), the turned out better second than always after that recorded to February 2010 with 123.208 teu.

Consisting also the increase of container handling empty, than to February 2016 has been pairs to 142.532 teu (+45.5%), volume that constitutes the fourth best one turned out than February than always (the record is established to February 2005 with 156.813 teu empty).

"To February - it has emphasized the managing director of the Port of Long Beach, Jon Slangerup - we have demonstrated to the world that today we can enliven mega the ships inaugurating CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin from 18.000 teu. The future of the larger ships is here and our customers are choosing Long Beach because we can offer the fastest and efficient way in order to carry the goods that the United States arrive from Asia in all".

The Harbour Authority of Long Beach has specified that the record last month is attributable to a series of factors, between which the strengthening of the dollar that continues to stimulate the question of imports and that, meanwhile, it abroad determines instead a slow down of the flow of the less attractive American exports being profitable the goods, and the celebration of the festivity of the new lunar year that this 8 year are begun February, with the closing of many activities in China in order at least a week, that it has induced the American importers to order quantitative a advanced one of goods before the pause moment that will happen in port to first of March.

In the first period of two months of the 2016 port of Long Beach it has enlivened almost 1,1 million teu, with an increment of +30.3% on the first two months last year. The imports and the exports of full containers are increased respective of +37.4% and +9.8% to 574 thousand and 230 thousand teu. The total of counted some empty has been of 293 thousand (+36.3%).

While to January 2016 the port of New York - New Jersey has enlivened a containerized trade pairs to 477.905 teu, in increase of +3.7% on January 2015.