Port Traffic Metrics: Long Beach, Los Angeles, Virginia
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The Port of Long Beach reports container throughput this April jumped 16.5 percent from a year ago, thanks in great part to new business and changes to vessel deployments.
"We continue to be on pace for a strong year," said Harbor Commission President Lori Ann Guzmán. "In April, we were pleased to welcome back Hyundai Merchant Marine as well as a new customer, SM Line. As shipping lines around the world settle into new alliance routes, our many business partners can depend on Long Beach to provide a safe harbor for their goods with our signature efficient and sustainable services."
In detail, last month’s data show increases from April 2016 of 16.5 percent for inbound loads, 3.1 percent for outbound loads, 29.3 percent for empty containers, and 16.5 percent for throughput overall (to 558.014 TEUs). The calendar-year-to-date total of 2.14 million TEUs was up 5.4 percent from last year’s 2.0 million. Click here for details.
Los Angeles April Container Volumes Set Record
April container volumes surged 8.9 percent at the Port of Los Angeles, making it the best April in the port’s 110-year history.
"April was the first month of new vessel alliance deployments around the globe, and we are pleased that the Port of Los Angeles provided world-class service and efficiency at our terminals," said Port Executive Director Gene Seroka. "We continue to seek new ways to improve operations, such as our new partnership with GE Transportation that will allow data access to our stakeholders that has never been seen before in our industry."
Compared to April 2016, imports increased by 8.3 percent, exports by 9.4. percent, total loaded containers by 8.6 percent and empty containers by 9.8 percent. The total tally of 714,755 TEUs made it the port’s best April ever, eclipsing the prior record of 707,182 TEUs set in April 2012 and the five-year April average of 674,540 TEUs.
Year-to-date throughput of some 3.0 million TEUs beat the January-April 2016 total by 10 percent. Click here to learn more.
The Port of Virginia® reports container traffic at its Hampton Roads marine terminals totaled 225,196 TEUs in April, an increase from last year of 4.6 percent and the seventh consecutive month volumes have exceeded 220,000 TEUs.
Other April data show year/on/year gains for containerized and breakbulk cargo tonnage (+8.7 percent); container movements in and out of the port by rail (+4.3 percent), truck (+4.8 percent) and barge (+41.3 percent); and vehicle shipments (+76.7 percent). Container movements through the Richmond Marine Terminal also increased, by 39.4 percent. See the attachment for a detailed port traffic profile.
The continued growth came as COSCO Development, which at 13,092 TEUs, is the biggest container-ship to ever call Virginia and the U.S. East Coast.
"Our volumes remain steady and we are on track to surpass the number of TEUs we handled in fiscal year 2016; through April we are up nearly 7 percent" said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority. "The big ships are coming to Virginia and bringing corresponding amounts of cargo -- and we are on the edge of peak season. Those realities coupled with our expansion projects, are resulting in a very active spring at the Port of Virginia."
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