NgoJanuwari, i-Long Beach Port yaphatha amayunithi alingana namafidi angu-952,000 (TEUs)

Ekuqaleni konyaka omusha, ichweba laseLong Beach lihlangabezane nembibizane kaJanuwari enamandla kunawo wonke futhi iyinyanga yesibili ematasa kakhulu emlandweni. Lokhu kuhlasela kudalwe ikakhulukazi abathengisi abaphuthuma ukuthumela izimpahla ngaphambi kwentela ebilindelwe yempahla evela eChina, Mexico, naseCanada.

NgoMasingana walo nyaka, abasebenza emathekwini nabasebenza ematheminali basingatha amayunithi alinganayo angamafidi angu-952,733 (TEUs), okuwukunyuka okungama-41.4% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule kanye nokwenyuka ngo-18.9% ngaphezu kwerekhodi elibekwe ngoJanuwari 2022.

Izilinganiso zokungenisa zikhuphuke ngo-45% zaya ku-471,649 TEUs, kuyilapho ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kukhuphuke ngo-14% kuya kuma-TEU angu-98,655. Isibalo seziqukathi ezingenalutho ezidlula emachwebeni aseCalifornia sikhuphuke ngo-45.9%, safinyelela kuma-TEU angama-382,430.

"Lesi siqalo esinamandla sonyaka siyakhuthaza. Njengoba sibheke ku-2025, ngifuna ukubonga nokuhalalisela bonke ozakwethu ngokuzikhandla kwabo. Kungakhathalekile ukungaqiniseki ochungechungeni lokuhlinzeka, sizoqhubeka nokugxila ekuthuthukiseni ukuncintisana kwethu nokusimama," kusho uMario Cordero, oyi-CEO yePort of Long Beach.

Lesi siqalo esihle siphawula inyanga yesishiyagalombili ilandelana yokukhula kwempahla ethekwini unyaka nonyaka, esebenze ama-TEU ayizi-9,649,724 onyakeni wokuqopha umlando wezi-2024.

"Abasebenzi bethu bamadokodo, abasebenzisa izikhumulo zasolwandle, kanye nozakwethu bemboni bayaqhubeka nokuhambisa amarekhodi amaningi ezimpahla, okwenza lokhu kube isango elihamba phambili lohwebo lwaphesheya kwePacific. Sizibophezele ekuhlinzekeni ngenkonzo yamakhasimende esezingeni eliphezulu ngenkathi sizuza ukukhula okuzinzile ngo-2025," kuphawula u-Bonnie Lowenthal, usihlalo weKhomishana Yezikhumulo Semikhumbi YaseLong Beach.