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Photograph: Port of Lengthy Seaside
The Port of Lengthy Seaside reviews that it has achieved its busiest September on document,
Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 829,429 twenty-foot equal models (TEUs) in September 2023, up 11.8% from the identical month final yr and surpassing the earlier document set in September 2020 by 78,849 TEUs.
September additionally marked the port’s first month-to-month year-over-year cargo enhance in 14 months.
Imports rose 19.3% to 408,926 TEUs, whereas exports declined 10.3% to 101,248 TEUs. Empty containers shifting by way of the port grew 11.5% to 319,255 TEUs.
The port says its September numbers had been boosted by shopper demand for holiday-related items, current ratification of a labor pact between dockworkers and administration and an ongoing effort to showcase the enterprise attributes of the port.
“Shopper confidence is on the rise and shippers can depend on the Port of Alternative now that we now have a ratified contract in place with our waterfront workforce,” stated Port of Lengthy Seaside CEO Mario Cordero. “We stay up for a average rebound in cargo quantity by way of the tip of the yr.”
“Providing the most effective service and services wherever whereas supporting our labor and trade companions stays our prime precedence,” stated Lengthy Seaside Harbor Fee president Bobby Olvera Jr. “Retailers and customers can put together for the vacation season with confidence in our means to ship items reliably, shortly and sustainably.”
The port has moved 5,822,666 TEUs in the course of the first 9 months of 2023, down 20.7% from the identical interval final yr. It says that csargo quantity this yr has been on tempo with pre-pandemic ranges, when the Port of Lengthy Seaside moved greater than 5.7 million TEUs by way of September 2019. Moreover, the port processed 2,089,990 TEUs between July 1 and Sept. 30, down 10.5% from the third quarter of 2022.
- See the entire cargo numbers HERE
