Forte incremento degli sbarchi di container nel porto di Long Beach in maggio

Il consistente aumento delle importazioni ha determinato la forte crescita del traffico container registrata dal porto di Long Beach nello scorso mese. In maggio la movimentazione complessiva è stata pari a 428.033 container da venti piedi, con un incremento del 16,4% rispetto al maggio 2001. Si tratta del quarto miglior risultato di movimentazione mensile dei container del porto californiano. Gli sbarchi sono ammontati a 231.382 teu (+18%), mentre gli imbarchi sono stati pari a 84.062 teu (+3,6%). Sensibile anche la crescita della movimentazione di container vuoti, spediti principalmente verso l'Asia, che sono stati 112.589 teu (+24,6%). Port of Long Beach
Container Trade (TEUs*)
(Source: Port of Long Beach)

	LOADED		TOTAL	TOTAL	TOTAL
	Inbound	Outbound	LOADED	EMPTIES	CONTAINERS
May-02	231,382	84,062	315,444	112,589	428,033
May-01	196,120	81,108	277,228	90,344	367,572
% change	18.0%	3.6%	13.8%	24.6%	16.4%

Jan-02	180,528	70,944	251,472	93,173	344,645
Feb-02	202,276	83,333	285,609	77,374	362,983
Mar-02	171,874	87,845	259,719	83,887	343,606
Apr-02	227,953	87,960	315,913	94,287	410,200
May-02	231,382	84,062	315,444	112,589	428,033
Jan-May '02	1,014,013	414,144	1,428,157	461,310	1,889,467
Jan.-May '01	944,193	394,675	1,338,868	421,671	1,760,539
% change	7.4%	4.9%	6.7%	9.4%	7.3%
*TEUs: 20-foot equivalent units or 20-foot-long cargo container

Port of Long Beach container statistics
TEU Totals

	Inbound Loaded	Outbound Loaded	Total Loaded	Empties	Total
May-02	231,382	84,062	315,444	112,589	428,033
Apr-02	227,953	87,960	315,913	94,287	410,200
Mar-02	171,874	87,845	259,719	83,887	343,606
Feb-02	202,276	83,333	285,609	77,374	362,983
Jan-02	180,528	70,944	251,472	93,173	344,645
Dec-01	191,584	83,660	275,244	84,299	359,543
Nov-01	193,861	75,879	269,740	102,345	372,085
Oct-01	238,185	82,255	320,440	114,428	434,868
Sep-01	220,204	76,724	296,928	91,451	388,379
Aug-01	221,492	83,301	304,793	101,069	405,862
Jul-01	208,179	77,956	286,135	92,897	379,032
Jun-01	202,988	78,395	281,383	81,275	362,658
May-01	196,120	81,108	277,228	90,344	367,572
Apr-01	202,575	76,624	279,199	87,329	366,528
Mar-01	195,605	84,349	279,954	80,325	360,279
Feb-01	155,148	75,520	230,668	81,044	311,712
Jan-01	194,756	77,073	271,819	82,622	354,441
Dec-00	180,631	79,351	259,982	91,408	351,390
Nov-00	213,065	90,756	303,821	107,076	410,897
Oct-00	235,511	88,541	324,052	108,880	432,932
Sep-00	208,880	80,875	289,755	97,838	387,593
Aug-00	236,969	86,012	322,981	111,760	434,741
Jul-00	224,865	86,874	311,739	98,240	409,979
Jun-00	203,004	83,305	286,309	88,586	374,895
May-00	218,016	97,770	315,786	90,986	406,772
Apr-00	200,724	91,014	291,738	74,727	366,465
Mar-00	178,489	97,871	276,360	74,404	350,764
Feb-00	177,362	81,893	259,255	75,961	335,216
Jan-00	178,672	80,091	258,763	80,380	339,143
Dec-99	185,572	86,697	272,269	92,971	365,240
Nov-99	209,444	91,201	300,645	96,656	397,301
Oct-99	204,242	84,349	288,591	107,829	396,420
Sep-99	219,080	82,308	301,388	101,322	402,710
Aug-99	214,709	80,581	295,290	104,015	399,305
Jul-99	188,586	74,155	262,741	85,220	347,961
Jun-99	194,410	78,962	273,372	100,603	373,975
May-99	205,640	87,553	293,193	101,274	394,467
Apr-99	181,575	77,040	258,615	81,071	339,686
Mar-99	171,913	88,699	260,612	87,362	347,974
Feb-99	172,482	80,000	252,482	71,647	324,129
Jan-99	169,397	77,676	247,073	72,239	319,312
Dec-98	166,532	87,527	254,059	82,589	336,648
Nov-98	192,661	84,291	276,952	91,189	368,141
Oct-98	180,719	77,171	257,890	89,572	347,462
Sep-98	198,945	73,784	272,729	100,017	372,746
Aug-98	195,413	77,416	272,829	99,786	372,615
Jul-98	199,138	80,950	280,088	98,626	378,714
Jun-98	183,019	82,615	265,634	89,402	355,036
May-98	163,640	84,381	248,021	83,598	331,619
Apr-98	172,247	87,271	259,518	77,406	336,924
Mar-98	167,712	88,518	256,230	77,104	333,334
Feb-98	132,117	77,303	209,420	66,756	276,176
Jan-98	144,758	72,420	217,178	71,096	288,274
Dec-97	145,840	91,138	236,978	64,014	300,992
Nov-97	146,354	96,568	242,922	68,070	310,992
Oct-97	169,995	87,101	257,096	57,860	314,956
Sep-97	183,914	90,761	274,675	57,795	332,470
Aug-97	160,215	87,518	247,733	49,775	297,508
Jul-97	169,964	96,244	266,208	48,792	315,000
Jun-97	165,763	100,262	266,025	43,604	309,629
May-97	143,330	91,734	235,064	42,953	278,017
Apr-97	146,110	92,893	239,003	37,931	276,934
Mar-97	125,040	106,556	231,596	42,326	273,922
Feb-97	126,804	87,586	214,390	35,884	250,274
Jan-97	123,456	78,965	202,421	41,484	243,905
Dec-96	133,087	100,557	233,644	37,737	271,381
Nov-96	125,971	86,338	212,309	39,910	252,219
Oct-96	150,796	89,676	240,472	44,390	284,862
Sep-96	147,405	82,123	229,528	48,001	277,529
Aug-96	139,554	82,965	222,519	46,353	268,872
Jul-96	146,839	83,146	229,985	36,962	266,947
Jun-96	132,419	89,889	222,308	40,016	262,324
May-96	120,002	87,242	207,244	32,777	240,021
Apr-96	127,583	100,782	228,365	29,775	258,140
Mar-96	101,338	101,382	202,720	27,480	230,200
Feb-96	113,349	90,233	203,582	23,322	226,904
Jan-96	109,235	87,554	196,789	31,147	227,936
Dec-95	104,146	92,793	196,939	36,927	233,866
Nov-95	109,200	89,899	199,099	44,000	243,099
Oct-95	134,836	92,769	227,605	43,982	271,587
Sep-95	114,541	81,469	196,010	46,443	242,453
Aug-95	127,944	89,354	217,298	46,836	264,134
Jul-95	127,008	88,173	215,181	40,852	256,033
Jun-95	113,419	83,817	197,236	30,462	227,698
May-95	113,688	91,226	204,914	35,462	240,376
Apr-95	110,518	86,879	197,397	29,534	226,931
Mar-95	94,125	83,964	178,089	28,349	206,438
Feb-95	99,121	81,879	181,000	35,102	216,102
Jan-95	104,774	74,091	178,865	36,030	214,895

Tonnage Summary - Monthly Comparison In Metric Revenue Tons
Inbound Cargo	May 2002	May 2001	% Change

Foreign¹	6,592,966	6,728,737	-2.0%
Coastwise/Intercoastal	1,991,772	1,620,096	22.9%

Total	8,584,738	8,348,833	3.3%

Outbound Cargo

Foreign¹	2,048,768	1,813,621	13.0%
Coastwise/Intercoastal	301,388	241,840	24.6%
Bunkers	229,987	187,647	22.6%
Total	2,580,143	2,243,108	15.0%

Grand Total	11,164,881	10,591,941	5.8%

Containers (T.E.U.)

Loaded Inbound	231,382	196,120	18.0%
Loaded Outbound	84,062	81,108	3.6%
Empties	112,589	90,344	24.6%

Total	428,033	367,572	16.4%

Footnotes: ¹Includes Private Berth Totals for Inbound and Outbound traffic

Tonnage Summary - Year to Date Comparison In Metric Revenue Tons

Inbound Cargo	Jan 02 - May 02	Jan 01 - May 01	% Change

Foreign¹	31,460,619	31,637,139	-0.6%
Coastwise/Intercoastal	7,041,345	6,636,251	6.1%

Total	38,501,964	38,273,390	0.8%

Outbound Cargo

Foreign¹	9,943,560	9,301,925	0.6%
Coastwise/Intercoastal	1,317,113	1,423,589	-7.5%
Bunkers	987,103	948,401	4.1%

Total	12,247,776	11,673,915	4.9%

Grand Total	50,749,740	49,947,305	1.6%

Containers (T.E.U.)

Loaded Inbound	1,014,013	944,193	7.4%
Loaded Outbound	414,146	394,675	4.9%
Empties	461,308	421,671	9.4%

Total	1,889,467	1,760,539	7.3%

Footnotes: (1) Includes Private Berth Totals for Inbound and Outbound traffic

Tonnage Summary by Type - Monthly Comparison In Metric Revenue Tons

General Cargo	May 2002	May 2001	% Change

Containerized	7,788,599	6,855,425	13.6%
Cut-Break Bulk	46,057	41,518	10.9%
Steel	73,983	90,925	-18.6%
Vehicles	33,020	23,929	38.0%
Lumber	31,020	19,303	60.7%
Miscellaneous	20,542	11,120	84.7%

Total General Cargo	7,993,221	7,042,220	13.5%

Petroleum/Liquid Bulk

Municipal	2,370,439	2,547,610	-7.0%
Bunkers	229,987	187,647	22.6%
Private	5,245	12,580	-58.3%
Bunkers	0	0	N/A

Total Petro/Liquid Bulk	2,605,671	2,747,837	-5.2%

Dry Bulk

Municipal	565,989	769,686	-26.5%
Private	0	32,198	N/A
Total Dry Bulk	565,989	801,884	-29.4%

TOTAL TONNAGE	11,164,881	10,591,941	5.4%

Tonnage Summary by Type - Year to Date Comparison In Metric Revenue Tons

General Cargo	Jan 02 - May 02	Jan 01 - May 02	% Change

Containerized	34,775,814	33,288,584	4.5%
Cut-Break Bulk	252,399	268,464	-6.0%
Steel	450,393	495,708	-9.1%
Vehicles	176,456	162,457	8.6%
Lumber	129,605	126,159	2.7%
Miscellaneous	90,827	73,620	23.4%

Total General Cargo	35,875,494	34,414,992	4.2%

Petroleum/Liquid Bulk

Municipal	11,257,411	12,070,281	-6.7%
Bunkers	987,103	948,401	4.1%
Private	39,235	42,528	-7.7%
Bunkers	0	0	N/A

Total Petro/Liquid Bulk	12,283,749	13,061,210	-6.0%

Dry Bulk

Municipal	2,582,219	2,379,148	8.5%
Private	8,278	91,955	-91.0%
Total Dry Bulk	2,590,497	2,471,103	4.8%

TOTAL TONNAGE	50,749,740	49,947,305	1.6%