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Last year the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach is diminished of -5,8%
Guzmán: 2016 have been blustering, but now we are ready for a resumption
January 12, 2017
Last year the port of Long Beach has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 6.775.171 teu, with a decrease of the -5,8% regarding 2015. Port the authority of the port of call American has evidenced that the bending has been consequence of the impact negative on the activity of the port caused from the new alliances between the navigation companies and from the failure last August of the Hanjin Shipping South Korean, that it was an important customer of the port of Long Beach and former shareholder of majority of the container terminal to the Pier T of the port of call, terminal whose management - graces to a which signed agreement to year-end - is passed under the exclusive control of a branch of the shipowning group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) that she is minority stockholders of Total Terminals International, the society that work the terminal.
"At the beginning of the new year - Duane Kenagy has commented, managing director ad interim of the Port of Long Beach - we are relieved having which could place the failure of the Hanjin to our shoulders. Meanwhile, the ready interest of the MSC for the Pier T, once that this has been possible, demonstrates the value of the structure for the field".
"Last year - it has observed Lori Ann Guzmán, president of the Commission of port the authority - it has been blustering, with the numerous operations of fusion between the marine carriers and other changes. Now we have one of the greatest companies than navigation of the world which primary partner and are ready for a resumption in 2017".
In the 2016 the container full in import enlivened from the port of Long Beach is dropped of the -5,0% attesting itself to 3.442.575 teu, while the container full in export has grown of +0.3% to 1.529.497 teu. Container handling empty has been pairs to 1.803.098 teu (- 11.7%).
In single December 2016 the port of call has enlivened altogether 548,929 teu, with a decrease of the -8,0% on December 2015. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding has been pairs respective to 271.599 teu (- 8.2%) and 122,933 teu (- 2.5%) and empty handling of container is piled to 154.397 teu (- 11.4%).
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Last year the port of Long Beach has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 6.775.171 teu, with a decrease of the -5,8% regarding 2015. Port the authority of the port of call American has evidenced that the bending has been consequence of the impact negative on the activity of the port caused from the new alliances between the navigation companies and from the failure last August of the Hanjin Shipping South Korean, that it was an important customer of the port of Long Beach and former shareholder of majority of the container terminal to the Pier T of the port of call, terminal whose management - graces to a which signed agreement to year-end - is passed under the exclusive control of a branch of the shipowning group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) that she is minority stockholders of Total Terminals International, the society that work the terminal.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
