Nel 2006 il porto di Portland ha movimento oltre 11,9 milioni di tonnellate di merci (+3,6%)

Lo scorso anno il porto di Portland, nell'Oregon, ha totalizzato un traffico di oltre 11,9 milioni di tonnellate di merci, con una progressione del 3,6% rispetto all'anno precedente.

Lo scalo americano ha registrato un volume record di importazioni di autovetture. Lo scorso anno gli sbarchi di veicoli Hyundai, Honda e Toyota è ammontato a 463.515 unità, con un incremento del 31% sull'anno precedente. Ciascuna autovettura - ha sottolineato la port authority di Portland - garantisce un ritorno economico alla regione pari a 346 dollari, per un totale nel 2006 di 160 milioni di dollari.

Nel settore dei container il traffico è stato pari a 214.484 teu (+33,6% sul 2005, anno in cui il traffico era calato del 41,6%). Per la prima volta nella storia del porto statunitense gli sbarchi di container pieni sono stati superiori agli imbarchi di container pieni.

Inoltre, per la prima volta da 15 anni, lo scalo ha movimentato oltre un milione di merci sfuse, che sono aumentate del 7,0%.

Nel 2006 il porto è stato scalato da 793 navi (+15,9%).

Port of Portland
Monthly statistics
(Source: Port of Portland)

NUMBER OF CALLS BY OCEANGOING VESSELS
UNIT OF MEASURE: # OF VESSEL CALLS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	67	61	65	44	56
FEBRUARY	62	63	74	56	60
MARCH	78	73	67	59	62
APRIL	67	73	67	55	66
MAY	58	66	64	60	58
JUNE	64	67	64	59	68
JULY	65	66	54	53	69
AUGUST	67	65	63	60	59
SEPTEMBER	60	76	60	50	71
OCTOBER	67	76	68	67	76
NOVEMBER	70	68	65	55	65
DECEMBER	74	78	62	66	83
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	799	832	773	684	793

TOTAL TONNAGE
UNIT OF MEASURE: SHORT TONS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	909,574	714,243	952,445	706,798	906,021
FEBRUARY	775,774	1,122,321	1,185,569	970,847	1,101,256
MARCH	907,456	1,082,636	996,857	1,000,208	865,648
APRIL	908,844	970,732	1,121,620	1,026,335	1,071,015
MAY	690,534	996,828	1,002,317	878,952	898,134
JUNE	815,602	898,278	963,716	948,095	951,426
JULY	785,467	843,522	809,720	815,049	963,275
AUGUST	879,410	978,888	1,069,165	1,030,690	954,759
SEPTEMBER	838,283	1,168,805	1,087,289	1,026,109	1,008,187
OCTOBER	963,285	1,117,923	1,166,388	1,240,235	1,193,945
NOVEMBER	1,089,688	851,722	1,114,084	893,313	890,314
DECEMBER	1,114,602	1,212,019	1,112,199	1,013,429	1,161,689
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	10,678,519	11,957,917	12,581,369	11,550,060	11,965,669

BREAKBULK TOTAL TONNAGE
UNIT OF MEASURE: SHORT TONS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	32,183	28,392	56,814	55,176	129,768
FEBRUARY	42,226	57,418	106,610	111,868	134,201
MARCH	80,855	72,270	58,108	68,815	23,424
APRIL	92,449	22,743	62,858	115,393	53,094
MAY	66,849	104,421	58,688	19,864	111,559
JUNE	74,966	44,392	46,861	99,857	62,382
JULY	81,900	92,832	116,197	72,409	124,591
AUGUST	82,504	12,379	50,852	86,898	71,173
SEPTEMBER	30,312	44,300	60,033	117,971	24,707
OCTOBER	59,058	46,499	46,017	72,764	145,801
NOVEMBER	71,986	11,731	104,606	73,656	94,942
DECEMBER	57,678	166,810	124,471	95,425	83,844
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	772,966	704,187	892,115	990,096	1,059,486

NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (TEUs) TOTAL, LOAD + DISCHARGE
UNIT OF MEASURE: TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	15,642	23,851	22,354	12,777	14,417
FEBRUARY	17,305	23,190	22,247	12,200	12,404
MARCH	22,863	22,827	28,712	11,124	11,995
APRIL	19,677	27,176	25,281	12,853	11,873
MAY	20,489	37,563	23,255	12,818	19,211
JUNE	19,756	29,568	28,999	10,608	17,350
JULY	21,681	34,542	22,849	12,479	20,352
AUGUST	30,386	27,770	25,382	18,272	22,279
SEPTEMBER	24,216	29,208	25,992	13,824	23,510
OCTOBER	24,420	29,119	17,616	17,119	24,371
NOVEMBER	17,875	26,701	17,104	13,982	17,901
DECEMBER	21,435	28,056	14,818	12,423	18,821
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	255,745	339,571	274,609	160,479	214,484

NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (TEU) LOAD
UNIT OF MEASURE: TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	12,033	20,127	16,578	7,297	7,772
FEBRUARY	13,751	19,131	16,585	7,106	7,831
MARCH	17,755	17,654	21,960	7,444	6,201
APRIL	15,243	20,729	19,071	8,180	6,574
MAY	16,017	27,422	18,017	8,051	11,597
JUNE	14,825	23,937	21,721	6,660	9,622
JULY	16,532	27,208	17,035	6,056	11,527
AUGUST	24,706	20,812	18,607	10,934	12,728
SEPTEMBER	18,987	23,075	18,690	7,651	14,106
OCTOBER	19,863	22,565	12,810	10,328	15,646
NOVEMBER	13,496	20,658	11,939	8,356	10,367
DECEMBER	17,090	22,438	10,372	7,216	10,820
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	200,298	265,756	203,385	95,279	124,791

NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (TEU) DISCHARGE
UNIT OF MEASURE: TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	3,609	3,724	5,776	5,480	6,645
FEBRUARY	3,554	4,059	5,662	5,094	4,573
MARCH	5,108	5,173	6,752	3,680	5,794
APRIL	4,434	6,447	6,210	4,673	5,299
MAY	4,472	10,141	5,238	4,767	7,614
JUNE	4,931	5,631	7,278	3,948	7,728
JULY	5,149	7,334	5,814	6,423	8,825
AUGUST	5,680	6,958	6,775	7,338	9,551
SEPTEMBER	5,229	6,133	7,302	6,173	9,404
OCTOBER	4,557	6,554	4,806	6,791	8,725
NOVEMBER	4,379	6,043	5,165	5,626	7,534
DECEMBER	4,345	5,618	4,446	5,207	8,001
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	55,447	73,815	71,224	65,200	89,693

GRAIN TONNAGE
UNIT OF MEASURE: SHORT TONS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	261,694	46,575	341,700	191,507	315,882
FEBRUARY	192,958	316,343	374,832	369,205	389,331
MARCH	214,853	294,762	240,870	182,716	241,028
APRIL	183,222	213,451	302,149	288,844	361,494
MAY	71,706	248,993	323,822	304,853	295,451
JUNE	103,860	148,462	222,596	254,187	246,726
JULY	185,564	184,018	188,552	292,902	227,293
AUGUST	188,473	283,710	403,647	314,644	282,515
SEPTEMBER	248,681	404,916	421,317	462,782	347,082
OCTOBER	333,704	374,923	449,845	503,624	428,122
NOVEMBER	328,248	181,124	328,689	283,745	308,798
DECEMBER	315,615	340,865	313,073	400,030	262,231
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	2,628,577	3,038,142	3,911,092	3,849,039	3,705,953

AUTO UNITS
UNIT OF MEASURE: # OF UNITS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	27,339	30,665	26,187	28,907	32,125
FEBRUARY	32,492	25,649	23,590	31,361	34,674
MARCH	37,446	34,252	34,014	30,995	40,925
APRIL	32,609	33,377	25,988	32,096	36,106
MAY	34,212	28,579	33,091	30,991	30,892
JUNE	31,607	30,924	32,242	35,012	39,163
JULY	34,903	27,671	28,183	27,768	36,544
AUGUST	30,075	20,343	27,292	23,795	26,072
SEPTEMBER	28,463	25,552	30,138	18,791	41,528
OCTOBER	32,815	34,314	31,663	26,700	49,405
NOVEMBER	35,903	41,278	37,865	34,494	50,139
DECEMBER	36,912	33,779	28,429	34,066	45,984
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	394,776	366,383	358,682	354,976	463,557

MINERAL BULK TONNAGE
UNIT OF MEASURE: SHORT TONS

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
JANUARY	388,840	374,684	276,424	292,486	262,998
FEBRUARY	293,405	471,532	425,551	316,684	399,642
MARCH	346,564	422,096	354,333	591,572	408,515
APRIL	374,058	434,360	451,019	454,474	471,206
MAY	279,367	295,409	329,799	377,402	265,102
JUNE	365,318	406,803	371,356	424,109	412,371
JULY	256,652	241,016	244,440	274,145	362,609
AUGUST	285,387	390,529	337,681	407,822	345,415
SEPTEMBER	295,081	410,666	314,157	273,045	345,685
OCTOBER	281,502	346,068	446,463	464,542	303,838
NOVEMBER	419,781	334,931	434,541	341,331	212,930
DECEMBER	446,322	391,163	471,411	330,957	529,139
CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL	4,032,277	4,519,257	4,457,175	4,548,569	4,319,450