CONTAINER VOLUME

Port of Long Beach delivering cargo information in waves

The Port of Long Beach is changing the way cargo information flows. 

“We’ve changed how we post our cargo snapshot,” the port tweeted Monday, announcing it would publish “the new WAVE (Weekly Advance Volume Estimate) report on Monday mornings instead of a daily snapshot.”

The tweet included a link to this week’s WAVE report. 

The Port of Long Beach said in a press release that it had launched the report “to shine a spotlight on anticipated cargo flow and widely share key data with every link in...

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Port of Long Beach again breaks container record

The Port of Long Beach has handled more than 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in a single month for the first time in its 109-year history.

The port moved 806,603 TEUs in October and broke the record set just a month earlier by more than 11,000 TEUs. Trade was up 17.2% from October 2019, the port said.

The port said imports jumped 19.4% last month compared to October 2019 with 402,408 TEUs, while exports were down 12.9% to 114,679 TEUs. Empty containers headed back overseas grew 31.8%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-long-beach-again-breaks-container-record

Savannah volume down just 1% and total tonnage a record

A small dip can be a big win during a pandemic, when global supply chain disruptions have taken huge bites out of volumes at U.S. ports.

So the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) announcement Monday that fiscal-year volume at the Port of Savannah was down by less than 1% compared to the previous year wasn’t bad news. 

The Port of Savannah handled 4.44 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in fiscal year 2020, which ended June 30.

And the GPA found good news where it could. It said that despite...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/savannah-volume-down-just-1-and-total-tonnage-a-record

Now profitable, ONE expands reefer fleet

Ocean Network Express (ONE), which last week announced it had turned a profit, said Tuesday it was expanding its refrigerated container fleet by 5,000 40-foot units.

Two hundred of those units will be equipped with advanced controlled atmosphere technology, said Singapore-based ONE, which said it already has one of the largest state-of-the-art reefer fleets and procured 6,000 units last year.

Global refrigerated container volume grew by more than 7% in 2019, according to ONE, which said that...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/now-profitable,-one-expands-reefer-fleet

Shanghai Port container volumes loose ground in January

China’s Shanghai port has handled less container volumes in January 2020 compared to the year-ago period, according to Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG).

The world’s busiest container port processed 3,606 million TEU in January, a decline of 4% compared to 3,752 million TEU handled in the same period in 2019.

Its total cargo throughput plunged 13.2% to 41,750 million tons from the previous year’s 48,107 million tons.

SIPG reopened its business operation on 10 February. In light of cargo...

https://container-news.com/shanghai-port-container-volumes-loose-ground-in-january/

2019 container throughput of King Abdullah Port wanes

The volume of import containers handled by the King Abdullah Port in 2019 reached 203,670 TEU compared to 190,005 TEU in 2018, representing an increase of 7.2%. Meanwhile, market conditions led to a 12.2% decline in annual throughput for container handling.

This can be attributed to the current tensions in trade relations between China and the United States, together with a decrease in transshipment operations caused by recent changes in shipping lines, according to the announcement.

Several...

https://container-news.com/2019-container-throughput-of-king-abdullah-port-wanes/

NWSA marks sluggish start in 2020

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, sees its total container volume for January 2020 was 263,816TEU, a 19.1% decrease from January 2019.

Following an unprecedented international container throughput for the same month last year — tied to shippers moving cargo ahead of tariffs, it created a larger than usual gap in the year-over-year figures for January 2020, according to NWSA.

The North American alliance reports that imports...

https://container-news.com/nwsa-marks-sluggish-start-in-2020/

Container throughput at Osaka swells in 2019

The Port of Osaka handled 2,129,417 TEU of oceangoing containers in 2019, up 2% from the previous year, based on preliminary figures. The total consisted of 967,940 TEU of exports, up 2%, and 1,161,477 TEU of imports, up 1%. As for loaded containers, 409,903 TEU were exported, down 4%, and 1,126,599 TEU were imported, up 1%, for a total of 1,536,502 TEU, which remained nearly unchanged. Empties (exports and imports) numbered 592,915 TEU in total, up 7%.

In December, a total of 180,352 TEU of...

https://container-news.com/container-throughput-at-osaka-swells-in-2019/

POLB cargo shipments dip in January

Cargo volume was down slightly in January at the Port of Long Beach, compared to the same month in 2019.

Terminal operators and dockworkers moved 626,829 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) last month, down 4.6% compared to January 2019. Imports decreased 4.3% to 309,961 TEU, while exports dropped 7.4% to 108,624 TEU. Empty containers sent overseas declined 3.7% to 208,244 TEU.

“The new year is starting with a new set of challenges that are impacting importers and exporters, but we remain...

https://container-news.com/polb-cargo-shipments-dip-in-january/

Oakland concerns about Coronavirus long-term impact

Port of Oakland containerized import volume jumped 7.3 percent last month over January 2019 totals, according to Port’s data. Exports were also increased, lifting hopes for recovery from a US-China trade war, said the Port.

However, Port of Oakland came with one question in its latest release:
Would concern over the fast-spreading coronavirus dampen trade growth?

“It’s possible,” said Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll. “The uptick in January was encouraging but we’re hearing from...

https://container-news.com/oakland-concerns-about-coronavirus-long-term-impact/

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