US west coast ports increased their market share in 2016 indicating losses to east coast and Gulf ports are being reversed, reports the American Journal of Transportation. 美国交通运输部报告,美国西海岸港口在2016年增加了市场份额,表明向东海岸的损失和墨西哥湾港口正在扭转。 根据太平洋商船协会(PMSA)西海岸贸易报告,美国西海岸港口增加了其集装箱市场份额。 PMSA报告说,"出境或入境,太平洋港口在去年获得了市场份额,并补充说,西海岸集装箱进口市场份额从2015年的47.4%上升到2016年的49.2%。 在出口方面,USWC份额从2015年的31.7%上升到2016年的34.5%。 但在长滩的入港载货箱数量在12月份同比下降了8.2%,但这超过了抵消洛杉矶22.7%的增长。
According to the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) West Coast Trade Report, the US west coast ports increased their container market share.
"Outbound or inbound, Pacific ports gained market share last year," said the PMSA report, adding that west coast containerised import market share by value rose from 47.4 per cent in 2015 to 49.2 per cent in 2016.
On the export side, the USWC share rose from 31.7 per cent in 2015 to 34.5 per cent in 2016.
But the number of inbound laden boxes at Long Beach fell 8.2 per cent year on year in December, but that was more than offset a 22.7 per cent increase at Los Angeles.
That left the nation's largest maritime complex with a combined 7.8 per cent year-on-year gain for the month.
Ports of Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma performed well in December 2016. Oakland experienced a 6.1 per cent gain in inbound loaded TEU in December while Seattle and Tacoma enjoyed a 13.5 per cent surge.
来源:shipping online