Port of Oakland box volumes up 5.1% in June

The Northern California port handled 204,255 TEUs for the month, with full container imports reaching 80,253 TEUs and full container exports totaling 75,460 TEUs.    The Port of Oakland handled 204,255 TEUs in June, up 5.1 percent from 12 months prior, according to data provided by the port.
   Full container imports totaled 80,253 TEUs in June, up 5.1 percent year-over-year, and higher than the port’s previous all-time record for the month of 78,326 TEUs of full container imports set in June 2006.
   “As we near autumn, retailers begin stocking up for the holidays,” Port of Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll said. “Healthy volumes now might be a preview of what we can expect for peak season.”
   Meanwhile, the port’s full container exports totaled 75,460 TEUs in June, up 2.4 percent from 12 months prior.
   Empty container imports for the month reached 13,362 TEUs, down 20.6 percent year-over-year, while empty container exports totaled 35,180 TEUs, up 28.4 percent year-over-year.
   Overall, the Port of Oakland is called by 28 fully cellular container services, according to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting’s Port Dashboard tool. The service with the largest average vessel capacity calling the port is the OCEAN Alliance’s PRX/SC1. The loop is dedicated to trade between Asia and the West Coast of North America, and operates with six vessels averaging 14,171 TEUs.
   Down the Pacific Coast at the Port of Long Beach, a total of 658,727 TEUs were handled in June, up 9.2 percent year-over-year. Although June figures aren’t out yet for the Port of Los Angeles, the port had handled 796,216 TEUs in May, up 3.4 percent from May 2016.