THE Port of Los Angeles is only halfway to recovering from cancelled sailing from the first half of 2020, despite having notched up a record month for cargo handling in September, reports the LA Business Journal.
Dockers and terminal operators at Los Angeles unloaded 97 ships in September, 11 of which were unscheduled sailings. That brings total recovered shipments to 31. In all, 66 shipments have been cancelled since the onset of Covid-19.
'We are still halfway to recovering from all of those vessel visits that were cancelled in the first half of the year,' said LA port executive director Gene Seroka.
Cargo volume at the port totalled 883,625 TEU, a 13.3 per cent year-on-year increase. 'We are working on the challenges that arise from an import surge like this. We've seen dwell time increase, longer turn-times for our trucks, additional cargo on our tarmacs,' said Mr Seroka.
Imports in September jumped 17.3 per cent to 471,795 TEUs, but year-to-date volume is still down five per cent. Exports remained flat at 130,397 TEU, and empty container volume was up 14 per cent to 281,434 TEU.
'This continues a problematic trend,' he said. 'We've seen exports drop 22 of the past 23 months. The widening trade deficit created largely by tensions between the US and China continues to disrupt the supply chain.
'Empty containers are also a function of the widening trade gap. This is more than double the amount of loaded exports that were shipped from Los Angeles.'
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Dockers and terminal operators at Los Angeles unloaded 97 ships in September, 11 of which were unscheduled sailings. That brings total recovered shipments to 31. In all, 66 shipments have been cancelled since the onset of Covid-19.
'We are still halfway to recovering from all of those vessel visits that were cancelled in the first half of the year,' said LA port executive director Gene Seroka.
Cargo volume at the port totalled 883,625 TEU, a 13.3 per cent year-on-year increase. 'We are working on the challenges that arise from an import surge like this. We've seen dwell time increase, longer turn-times for our trucks, additional cargo on our tarmacs,' said Mr Seroka.
Imports in September jumped 17.3 per cent to 471,795 TEUs, but year-to-date volume is still down five per cent. Exports remained flat at 130,397 TEU, and empty container volume was up 14 per cent to 281,434 TEU.
'This continues a problematic trend,' he said. 'We've seen exports drop 22 of the past 23 months. The widening trade deficit created largely by tensions between the US and China continues to disrupt the supply chain.
'Empty containers are also a function of the widening trade gap. This is more than double the amount of loaded exports that were shipped from Los Angeles.'
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