A cikin Janairu, Long Beach Port ya sarrafa fiye da 952,000 daidai raka'a ƙafa ashirin (TEUs)

A farkon sabuwar shekara, tashar jiragen ruwa ta Long Beach ta sami mafi ƙarfi a watan Janairu da kuma wata na biyu mafi girma a tarihi. Wannan karuwar ta samo asali ne saboda ƴan kasuwa da ke yin gaggawar jigilar kayayyaki gabanin jadawalin kuɗin fito da ake tsammanin shigo da su daga China, Mexico, da Kanada.

A watan Janairu na wannan shekara, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da masu aiki da tashar jiragen ruwa sun kula da raka'a daidai da ƙafa ashirin da 952,733 (TEUs), haɓaka 41.4% idan aka kwatanta da daidai wannan lokacin a bara da kuma haɓaka 18.9% akan rikodin da aka saita a cikin Janairu 2022.

Yawan shigo da kaya ya karu da kashi 45% zuwa 471,649 TEUs, yayin da fitar da kaya ya tashi da kashi 14% zuwa 98,655 TEUs. Yawan kwantena mara komai da ke wucewa ta tashar jiragen ruwa na California ya karu da 45.9%, ya kai 382,430 TEUs.

"Wannan karfi mai karfi na shekara yana da ƙarfafawa. Yayin da muke tafiya zuwa 2025, ina so in gode da taya murna ga dukkan abokan aikinmu don aiki tukuru. Ko da kuwa rashin tabbas a cikin samar da kayayyaki, za mu ci gaba da mayar da hankali kan inganta gasa da dorewa, "in ji Mario Cordero, Shugaba na Port of Long Beach.

Wannan farawar mai ban sha'awa ita ce wata na takwas a jere na haɓakar jigilar kayayyaki zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa, wanda ya sarrafa 9,649,724 TEUs a cikin rikodin rikodin na 2024.

Bonnie Lowenthal, shugaban Hukumar Long Beach Harbor ya ce "Masu aikin dockworkers, ma'aikatan tashar jiragen ruwa, da abokan aikin masana'antu suna ci gaba da matsar da adadin kaya, wanda hakan ya zama babbar kofa don cinikin trans-Pacific.