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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach blame the shock impact of the pandemic
Last month, container traffic at the two airports decreased by -30.9% and -6.4% respectively
April 9, 2020
Last month in Los Angeles, the handling of containers landing and boarding was equal to the same amount of time 220,000 teu and 121 thousand teu, with decreases of -25.9% and -23.8% March 2019. The decrease in the movement of empty containers that amounted to 108 thousand teu (-44.5%).
In March 2020, total containerized traffic handled by the Port of Long Beach stood at 518 thousand teu, with a -6.4% on March 2019. In this case, to find a lower traffic volume handled in March you have to go too backwards in time since three years ago, in the In March 2017, 505 thousand teu were handled. Last month, the flow containers full at the landing was equal to 235 thousand teu, down -5.0% in March 2019, while containers 145,000 teu, increased by 10.7%. Even in Long Beach, the biggest drop was in the empty containers with 138 thousand teu (-21.0%).
In the first quarter of 2020, the Port of Los Angeles 1.8 million teu in total, with a decrease of -18.5% in the first three months of last year, of which 905 thousand teu full at landing (-15.8%), 404 thousand full teu boarding (-9.6%) and 491 thousand empty teu (-28.5%).
In the first three months of this year in Long Beach, total traffic 1.7 million teu (-6.9%), of which 793 thousand Teu full at landing (-9.2%), 380,000 full teu at boarding (-7.2%) and 510,000 empty teu (-11.9%).
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Last month in Los Angeles, the handling of containers landing and boarding was equal to the same amount of time 220,000 teu and 121 thousand teu, with decreases of -25.9% and -23.8% March 2019. The decrease in the movement of empty containers that amounted to 108 thousand teu (-44.5%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
