the port of Long Beach has closed the first trimester with a traffic of 1,6 million container (+6.1%)



So as the other main Californian port of Los Angeles, also the harbour port of call of Long Beach has closed the first trimester of 2016 with an sensitive increment of the containerized trade that has been pairs almost 1,6 million teu, with a progression of +6.1% regarding than less 1,5 million teu in the first three months last year.

So as to Los Angeles, moreover, also to Long Beach a decided decrement of the traffic to March 2016 after the fort is recorded rise happened in the two months precedence, trend that is the result of the comparazione of the data with those of the first two months of 2015, when the traffic of the container had quickly a bending determined from the slow down of the activity on the docks caused from repeated arrest warrants of the job waiting for renews of the contract of the harbour workers, and with the data of freedom of expression of 2015, when the return to the full activity had generated a fast rise of i enlivened volumes.

Last month the traffic has been pairs to 465 thousand teu, with a decrease of the -26,2% regarding March 2015. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding is dropped respective of the -34,6% and of the -0,1% to 208 thousand and 127 thousand teu and empty handling of container it is diminished of the -29,8% to 130 thousand teu.

In entire the first trimester of the 2016 full containers to the disembarkation and the boarding they are increased respective of +6.3% and +6.1% to 782 thousand and 357 thousand teu. Container handling empty is piled to 423 thousand teu (+5.7%).

"On the whole - the managing director of the Port of Long Beach has commented, Jon Slangerup - we are satisfied of these results. The irregular course of the world-wide economy, the pressures financial institutions on the field, the weak person asks of exports from the USA and the arrival of portacontainer of great dimensions in the ports of West Coast has created dynamic conditions for the marine field that will continue to sussistere in the course of the year. However - it has emphasized Slangerup - the value of our proposal, strong of being fastest and convenient via of passage for shipments from Asia to the markets of consumption of the America, continues to make of Long Beach and California southern the privileged multimodale gateway from our customers of the shipping".