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To February the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach is diminished of -9,8%
In the first period of two months of the 2019 traffic it has been of 1,25 million teu (- 5.0%)
March 18, 2019
Last month the containerized trade enlivened from the port of Long Beach is diminished of the -9,8% being piled to 597 thousand teu regarding 662 thousand in February 2018, reduction that is determined mainly - so as for the other Californian port of Los Angeles(on 15 March 2019) - from the bending of the consequent harbour activity to the development in China of the svoltesi celebrations of the lunar New Year's Day with festivity this year at the beginning of February. If last month handling of empty containers has remained stable to 188 thousand teu (- 0.1%), the full import and exports of container have recorded decrease respective of the -11,5% and the -19,6% attesting to 303 thousand teu and 105 thousand teu.
In the first period of two months of the 2019 port of Long Beach it has enlivened totally 1,25 million teu, with a bending of the -5,0% on the same period last year. Container full to the import and the export has totaled 627 thousand teu (- 6.0%) and 223 thousand teu (- 11.5%) and empty handling of container has been pairs to 405 thousand teu (+0.8%).
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