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Thud of the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach to April
the Californian port of call has enlivened 479 thousand teu (- 22.1%)
May 16, 2016
Last month the traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Long Beach has shown a strong contraction being is pairs to 479 thousand teu, with a decrease of the -22,1% regarding 615 thousand teu in April 2015. The consisting bending is determined is from the reduction of the full volumes of disembarks and of it embarks of container, attesting respective to 247 thousand teu (- 22.1%) and 113 thousand teu (- 18.0%), is from the decrease of handling of empty containers, that it has been pairs to 119 thousand teu (- 25.8%).
According to the Port of Long Beach, as well as to internal and external factors to the American economy, the decrease of the traffic is caused mainly by rearranges in existence of the Networks of the line services: "the ulterior ones chosen of port of call offered from the alliances of the navigation companies - the managing director of the society has explained that manages the port American, Jon Slangerup - are scattering to the cargos on a greater number of terminal and ports. This displacement of the volumes - it has specified - will continue to happen since new alliances are being formed. Our perspectives in the long term - however it has emphasized Slangerup - continue to being more than positive and continue to invest in our structures and to offer to the customers a service of world-wide level".
While the strong reduction recorded to April has converted from more less the sign of the trend percentage of the traffic enlivened from the Californian port from the beginning of this year. In the first quadrimestre of the 2016 total it turns out in fact than little more 2,0 million teu, with a contraction of the -2,2% on the first four months last year. The container to the disembarkation and the boarding shows a decrease respective of the -2,3% and -0,9% to the 1,0 million one teu and 470 thousand teu, while the decrease of empty handling of container - with 542 thousand teu - appears more emphasized (- 3.3%).
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Last month the traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Long Beach has shown a strong contraction being is pairs to 479 thousand teu, with a decrease of the -22,1% regarding 615 thousand teu in April 2015. The consisting bending is determined is from the reduction of the full volumes of disembarks and of it embarks of container, attesting respective to 247 thousand teu (- 22.1%) and 113 thousand teu (- 18.0%), is from the decrease of handling of empty containers, that it has been pairs to 119 thousand teu (- 25.8%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
