NgoJanuwari, i-Long Beach Port iphathe ngaphezulu kwe-952,000 yeeyunithi ezilingana neenyawo ezingamashumi amabini (TEUs)

Ekuqaleni konyaka omtsha, iPort of Long Beach yafumana eyona nyanga inamandla kaJanuwari kunye nenyanga yesibini exakekileyo kwimbali. Oku kunyuka kubangelwe ikakhulu kubathengisi abagxalathelana ukungxamela ukuthumela iimpahla ngaphambi kwamaxabiso aqikelelwayo avela eTshayina, eMexico naseKhanada.

NgoJanuwari walo nyaka, abasebenzi be-dockworkers kunye nabaqhubi be-terminal baphatha i-952,733 yeeyunithi ezilinganayo zeenyawo ezingamashumi amabini (TEUs), ukunyuka kwe-41.4% xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kunyaka odlulileyo kunye ne-18.9% yokunyuka kwirekhodi ebekwe ngoJanuwari 2022.

Izixa ezisuka kwamanye amazwe zinyuke ngama-45% ukuya kuma-471,649 e-TEUs, ngelixa ukuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe kunyuke nge-14% ukuya kuma-98,655 e-TEUs. Inani lezikhongozeli ezingenanto ezidlula kumazibuko aseCalifornia linyuke nge-45.9%, lafikelela kuma-382,430 e-TEUs.

"Esi siqalo sinamandla sonyaka siyakhuthaza. Njengoko sisiya kwi-2025, ndifuna ukubulela nokuvuyisana nabo bonke amaqabane ethu ngomsebenzi wabo onzima. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ukungaqiniseki kwikhonkco lokubonelela, siya kuqhubeka sigxininisa ekuphuculeni ukukhuphisana kwethu kunye nokuzinza," kusho uMario Cordero, i-CEO yePort of Long Beach.

Esi siqalo sichukumisayo siphawula inyanga yesibhozo ilandelelana kunyaka-enyakeni yokukhula kwempahla yeli zibuko, eyenze ii-TEUs ezizi-9,649,724 kunyaka-mali wokubeka irekhodi wama-2024.

"Abasebenzi bethu be-dockworks, abaqhubi be-terminal ocean, kunye namaqabane amashishini baqhubeka behambisa irekhodi yemithwalo yempahla, okwenza le nto ibe yindlela yokuqala yorhwebo lwe-Pacific. Sizimisele ukubonelela ngenkonzo yomthengi ophezulu ngelixa sifezekisa ukukhula okuzinzileyo ngo-2025, "utshilo uBonnie Lowenthal, usihlalo weKomishoni yaseLong Beach Harbour.