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To April the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach is increased of +16.5%
In the first quadrimestre of this year they are enlivened beyond 2,1 million teu (+5.1%)
May 10, 2017
Last month the traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Long Beach is increased of +16.5% being is pairs to 558 thousand teu regarding 479 thousand teu in April 2016. It disembarks and it embarks to it of container full have grown respective of +16.5% and +3.1% to 288 thousand and 116 thousand teu. Container handling empty has been pairs to 153 thousand teu (+29.3%).
The Harbour Authority of the American port of call has evidenced that the recorded increase last month is yields is of new activities that of the greater programmed traffics on Long Beach in the within of the Networks of services that the new great world-wide shipowning alliances have activated 1°th April. "To April - the president of the commission of the Port of Long Beach has confirmed, Lori Ann Guzmán - we have had the pleasure to so receive Hyundai Merchant Marine as a new customer, the SM Linens (the company of South Korean navigation that, after the failure of the Hanjin Shipping compatriot, has widened its range to the intercontinental services of containerized transport, ndr)".
In the first four months of the 2017 containerized trade enlivened from the port of Long Beach it is piled to beyond 2,1 million teu, with a progression of +5.1% on the same period last year. In increase it is disembarks to it that it embarks to it of container full, than have been attested respective to 1,1 million teu (+5.6%) and to 475 thousand teu (+1.1%), so as the handling of empty containers that has totaled 583 thousand teu (+7.6%).
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