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LA is down 32% YoY this week[0]. But also LA and Long Beach are effectively a single port, so per your enumeration … Seattle is the second biggest port on the
by kristjansson 1y ago
LA is down 32% YoY this week[0].
But also LA and Long Beach are effectively a single port, so per your enumeration … Seattle is the second biggest port on the west coast? Seems like that’d be one to look at when we’re talking about transpacific trade?
[0]: https://volumes.portoptimizer.com/ https://volumes.portoptimizer.com/ . NB The predictions for subsequent weeks are based on historical data AFAICT, and haven’t been accurate. The actual are good data though.
- snozolli 1y agoBut also LA and Long Beach are effectively a single port, so per your enumeration … Seattle is the second biggest port on the west coast? Long Beach has almost the traffic as Los Angeles, so by your logic Seattle is only 1/6 the volume. Seems like that’d be one to look at when we’re talking about transpacific trade? Which one? I would be looking at LA and LB.
- kristjansson 1y agoI didn’t say it was a close second. Again, LA/LB are basically the same port. One would also want to look at the next biggest geographically distinct port, which on the west coast is Seattle