Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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To september the port of Long Beach has established three new records of traffic of the container
In the first nine months of the 2017 port of call it has enlivened almost 5,6 million teu (+8.9%)
October 12, 2017
Last month the port of Long Beach has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 702 thousand teu, figure that the new record constitutes of enlivened containerized trade from the Californian port of call in September (the precedence record was established to september 2015 with 656 thousand teu) and that it represents a progression of +28.3% regarding 547 thousand teu enlivened to september 2016.
To september 2017 the new record for this full month is marked also relatively to disembarks of container that is piled to 366 thousand teu, with an increment of +29.5% on the september 2016 and with a rise of +7.9% on the previous record of 339 thousand teu recorded to september 2014.
A third record for the month of obtained september this year is that of handling of container empty that has totaled 210 thousand teu, with an increase of +46.4% on the september a 2016 and increase of +5.1% on the previous record established to september 2005 with 200 thousand teu. Far from the record of 135 thousand teu marked to the boarded september 2007, instead, full number of container to september 2017 that has turned out pairs to 125 thousand teu, with a progression of +4.1% on september 2016.
In the first nine months of the 2017 port of Long Beach it has enlivened altogether almost 5,6 million teu, with an increment of +8.9% on the period January-september last year. The full traffics of container to the disembarkation pairs to 2,9 million teu (+9.8%) and that of container full to the boarding to 1,1 million teu (- 6.8% have been). Handling of empty containers has totaled beyond 1,6 million teu (+20.7%).
Particularly consisting third trimester of the 2017 has been the rise of the traffic enlivened in the solo that, being piled to 2,1 million teu, has shown an increase of +15.9% on the same period last year.
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