THEMONTHINPICTURES Long Beac h closes 2022 wit h second-busies t year

Por t of Long Beach marked its second-busiest year on record by moving 9.13 million TEUs in 2022, allowing for a return to normal operations while once again ser ving as the nation’s leading expor t seapor t The por t ended 2022 with 9,133,657 TEUs moved, down 2.7% from 2021, which remains the por t’s most active year in its 112-year histor y Impor ts declined 4 9% to 4,358,789 TEUs, while expor ts totalled 1,414,882 TEUs, -1 6% Despite the slight decline , the Por t of Long Beach remained the nation’s leading expor t por t for a second consecutive year, for loaded TEUs.

High volumes at Por ts of Stoc kholm

Despite a declining economy, goods volumes remained high at Por ts of Stockholm across 2022. At Sweden’s newest por t, Stockholm Nor vik, container traffic was up 8 5 percent and RoRo-traffic increased by 16.5 percent in comparison to the previous year Stockholm Nor vik Por t had 2,400 vessel calls in total during 2022, which is 34 percent more than in 2021

2. Jordi Torrent, Head of Strategy at Port of Barcelona, was appointed secretary general of the Mediterranean ports’ association MEDPorts 3. The first ship of the year for the Port of Sept-Iles was M/V Cape Alexandros, which arrived at 11:00am on January 4, 2023, from Rotterdam in the Netherlands 4. The Georgia Ports Authority has named Flavio Batista as its new Vice President of Sales and Marketing Batista comes to

GPA from the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group, an ocean carrier focused on developing sustainable shipping and logistics solutions 5. Freeport East has appointed Steven Wilson as its new Head of Innovation He will lead engagement with universities, R&D centres, large and small businesses and a range of public and private funders and investors to ensure Freeport East builds an innovation cluster that supports local businesses and communities and helps position the region for greater inward investment 6. A jack-up rig sporting legs more than 200 metres in height has become the largest ever vessel to visit Port of Aberdeen The Noble Innovator offshore rig arrived for maintenance

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“It is really pleasing to see that Ports of Stockholm shows strong figures for both the amount of goods and number of passengers Shipping is an efficient and sustainable mode of transpor t that creates good oppor tunities for the entire region to continue growing,” says Clara Lindblom, Chair of the Board at Por ts of Stockholm. The number of ferr y passengers increased significantly, and the recover y following the pandemic has been ver y good