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New record of the container for the month of April in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Enlivened respective 736 thousand teu (+4.4%) and 628 thousand teu (+1.6%)
May 10, 2019
Last month the Californian ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have established the own new record of containerized trade enlivened in April. The first port of call, in fact, has enlivened beyond 736 thousand teu, with an increment of +4.4% on the April a 2018 and increase of +3.0% record on the previous recorded in April 2018. To Los Angeles the new peak for the April month is reached thanks to the record of handling of empty containers that have been pairs to 220 thousand teu (+22.5% on April 2018), while the container full to the disembarkation and the boarding has marked decreases respective of -0,1% and -5,6% attesting to 361 thousand teu and 155 thousand teu.
To April 2019 the port of Long Beach has enlivened altogether 628 thousand teu, with a progression of +1.6% on the April a 2018 and rise of +1.4% on the previous record achieved in far away April 2006. Last month they have turned out in increase is container handling empty, that it has totaled 186 thousand teu (+13.5%), than handling of full containers to the disembarkation, that they are piled to 318 thousand teu (+1.8%). The container full to the boarding instead is dropped of the -12,7% to 124 thousand teu.
In the first four months of 2019 the ports of Los Angeles have enlivened totally 2,94 million teu, with an increase of +4.5% on the first quadrimestre last year, while to Long Beach the traffic total has been of 2,43 million teu, with a bending of -3,1%.
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