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> Container ships and tankers are anchored close to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in February. The Port of Los Angeles logged its busiest month in his
by xapata 5y ago
> Container ships and tankers are anchored close to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in February. The Port of Los Angeles logged its busiest month in history in May.
One generally expects the current month to be the busiest month in history, so long as the economy is growing.
- derefr 5y agoGoods transport is cyclical, since (among other reasons) people shop more in the period leading up to Christmas. It's almost always likely for any month in the current year be the busiest month year-over-year; but it's not often that May is busier than November, let alone all historical Novembers.
- OJFord 5y agoPerhaps better to say 'periodic', 'cyclical' is a term of art counterpart to 'defensive' - i.e. more price sensitive, discretionary goods and services, following the health of the economy (if worried about money you don't buy things you don't need to). I suppose goods transport is inherently cyclical in that sense too.. since it encompasses everything that is (that's a physical good) too, but that's not the point you were making (which I agree with/sounds sensible/true to me not knowing the industry).
- kqr 5y agoSeasonal is perhaps even better a word!
- quickthrower2 5y agoAnd a new large port isn't built 20 miles along the shore. Also there must be a logistical limit to how 'busy' a port can be, which can only be increased by new processes / technology or physical expansion.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoWest coast ports have perfected the art of inefficient waste. The "new" processes they could be using were adopted by the rest of the world 30 years ago.
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