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The port of Long Beach has established the own new historical record anniversary of traffic of the container
In 2018 the threshold of eight million teu is exceeded for the first time
January 24, 2019
In the 2018 port of Long Beach it has obtained the own new record historical anniversary of enlivened containerized trade having 8,09 million teu, with an increment of +7.2% on 2017 when the precedence was recorded record with 7,35 million teu. The new historical peak is achieved thanks to the new record anniversary of disembarks of container full that has been pairs to 4,10 million teu, with an increase of +6.1% on the 2017 when the precedence was marked record, and thanks to the new maximum peak of traffic of empty containers that has been attested 2,47 million teu, in rise of +11.8% on the 2017 (precedence record was established in 2006 with 2,28 million teu). Last year handling of container full to the boarding has totaled 1,52 million teu (+3.6%).
Last month, moreover, the Californian port has recorded the own new absolute record of traffic of the container enlivened in January with 742 thousand teu, since it represents an increase of +6.4% on December 2017 when the precedence was marked record and only turns out inferior to the record absolute salary obtained in June 2018 with 752 thousand teu.
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