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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have established the own new record of traffic of the container for the February month
Recorded increments respective of +16.0% and +20.1% on February 2017
March 14, 2018
Last month both Californian ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have established the own new record of traffic of the container for the February month exceeding the precedence the maximum peak reached from both the ports of call in February 2016 and not in February next one when the celebration of the Chinese New Year's Day in the day on 27 January has had as effect the reduction of the volume of traffic in the next month.
For both ports, moreover, the new record is determined by the new maximum peak for full February of disembarks of container, record that previously was marked by the two ports of call to February 2016. For Long Beach the record of February 2018 is produced also by the new maximum peak for the month of handling of empty containers, that it has exceeded the precedence peak of February 2016, while to Los Angeles the enlivened empty volume of container last month turns out inferior only to that enlivened in February 2016.
Last month the single port of Los Angeles has enlivened a containerized trade pairs to a total of 725 thousand teu, with an increment of +16.0% on February 2017. The container full to the disembarkation and the boarding has been pairs respective to 383 thousand teu (+28.1%) and 158 thousand teu (+1.4%), while the container empty has totaled 184 thousand teu (+7.8%).
To February 2018 the port of Long Beach has enlivened altogether 662 thousand teu (+20.1%), of which 342 thousand teu of container to full disembarkation (+20.4%), 131 thousand teu of container full to boarding (+5.4%) and empty 189 thousand teu of container (+31.5%).
In the first period of two months of this year the port of Los Angeles has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to beyond 1,5 million teu and the port of Long Beach pairs than more 1,3 million teu, with increases respective of +5.6% and +22.1% on the first two months of 2017.
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Last month both Californian ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have established the own new record of traffic of the container for the February month exceeding the precedence the maximum peak reached from both the ports of call in February 2016 and not in February next one when the celebration of the Chinese New Year's Day in the day on 27 January has had as effect the reduction of the volume of traffic in the next month.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
