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In September, the port of Long Beach set its new historic record for container traffic
Growth of +14.1% was recorded in the third quarter
October 22, 2020
In September 2020, total freight traffic amount of 16.2 million tonnes, a volume that represents a increase of +7.9% on September last year and is -1.9% lower than the record of 16.5 million tonnes marked in June 2018.
In the first nine months of this year, the American port port a total of almost 123.7 million tonnes of goods, with a decrease of -2.3% over the period January-September 2019. Container traffic alone amounted to 5.7 million (+0.5%), of which 2.8 million teu were full on landing (+0.1%), 1.1 million teu full at boarding (+1.8%) and 1.8 million teu (+0.4%).
In the third quarter of 2020 alone, the port of Long Beach 47.4 million tonnes of goods, with an increase in the number of by +8.1% on the same quarter of last year, which represents the first positive quarterly change after six quarters consecutive declines. In the period July-September of this year, the container traffic alone amounted to almost 2.3 million (+14.1%), of which 1.1 million teu were full on landing (+15.8%), 377,000 teu full at boarding (+4.9%) and 750,000 empty teu (+16.8%).
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In September 2020, total freight traffic amount of 16.2 million tonnes, a volume that represents a increase of +7.9% on September last year and is -1.9% lower than the record of 16.5 million tonnes marked in June 2018.
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