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The port of Long Beach has recorded a new maximum anniversary of the containerized trade
Record of the disembarkation of full containers
January 25, 2018
In the 2017 port of Long Beach it has established the own new historical record of traffic anniversary of the enlivened container having 7,54 million teu, with a progression of +11.4% on the year precedence and with an increment of +3.2% on the previous recorded record of 7,31 million teu in 2007.
The new maximum last year is obtained mainly thanks to full the historical peak of disembarks of container, volume that has been pairs to 3,86 million teu, in increase of +12.2% on the 2016 and advanced of +3.9% compared to the previous record of 3,72 million teu full to the disembarkation totaled in 2006.
Last year the container full to the boarding has been pairs to 1,47 million teu, with a decrease of the -3,9% on the 2016 (record is established in 2013 with 1,70 million teu). Container handling empty has turned out of 2,21 million teu, volume that represents a rise of +22.6% on 2016 and is inferior only to the record recorded in 2006 with the 2,28 million one empty containers.
Particularly consisting it has turned out also the traffic enlivened in the single month of December of the 2017 that has been attested to 697 thousand teu, figure that is elevated never reached in December and that it constitutes an increment of +27.0% on December 2016. Last month a new peak relatively to the month of full Decembers is marked also is of the container to the disembarkation, that they are piled to 346 thousand teu (+27.3% on December 2016), is of the container empty, that they have been pairs to 214 thousand teu (+38.4%). Handling of container full to the boarding has been of 137 thousand teu (+11.8%).
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