Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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To July the port of Long Beach has recorded a decrease of the -7,7% of the traffic of the container
In the first seven months of the 2016 decrease it has been of -1,9%
August 16, 2016
Last month the traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Long Beach is diminished of the -7,7% coming down to 637 thousand teu regarding 690 thousand teu in July 2015, month in which moreover was recorded the historical record of relative traffic to the single July. The Harbour Authority of the Californian port of call has evidenced that, "because of lasting of the uncertainty of the market and the consisting levels of the escorts, the traditional period of peak of the vacations has had a slow beginning and various national forecasts have been magazines to the decrease in order to reflect this weakening of the traffic of the goods. Coming for a year record in 2015, third more elevated in the history of the port, until the July month the traffic in the port of Long Beach has turned out decreasing of the -1,9%".
In the first seven months of 2016, in fact, the harbour port of call American has enlivened 3,9 million teu regarding almost 4,0 million teu in the correspondent period last year. The bending is generated is from the decrease of the container full to the import and the export, that pairs respective to 2,0 million teu (- 1.2%) and 879 thousand teu (- 0.3% have been), are from the reduction of handling of empty containers, than has been attested 1,0 million teu (- to 4.3%).
In the single month of July of this full year the container to the disembarkation and the boarding is diminished respective of the -5,9% and the -0,7% to 326 thousand and 143 thousand teu, against 346 thousand teu and 144 thousand teu in July 2015. The container empty has been pairs to 169 thousand teu (- 15.9%).
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