Muri Mutarama, Long Beach Port yatwaye ibikoresho birenga 952.000 bingana na metero makumyabiri (TEUs)

Mu ntangiriro z'umwaka mushya, icyambu cya Long Beach cyagize ukwezi gukomeye kwa Mutarama, kikaba ari ukwezi kwa kabiri mu mateka kwakozwemo n'abantu benshi. Uku kwiyongera kw'ibicuruzwa byatewe ahanini n'abacuruzi bihutiraga kohereza ibicuruzwa mbere y'uko imisoro yari iteganyijwe ku bicuruzwa biva mu Bushinwa, Megizike na Kanada igabanuka.

Muri Mutarama uyu mwaka, abakozi bo mu cyambu n’abashinzwe itumanaho rya terefone bakoze ubwinshi bwa metero 952.733 (TEUs), ubwiyongere bwa 41.4% ugereranije n’igihe nk’icyo umwaka ushize n’ubwiyongere bwa 18.9% ugereranyije n’amateka yari yashyizweho muri Mutarama 2022.

Umubare w’ibicuruzwa biva mu mahanga wiyongereyeho 45% ugera kuri TEU 471.649, mu gihe ibyoherezwa mu mahanga byiyongereyeho 14% ugera kuri TEU 98.655. Umubare w’ibigega by’ubusa binyura mu byambu bya California wiyongereyeho 45.9%, ugera kuri TEU 382.430.

“Iyi ntangiriro nziza y’umwaka irashimishije. Uko tugenda twerekeza mu 2025, ndashaka gushimira no gushimira abafatanyabikorwa bacu bose ku bw’umuhate wabo. Nubwo hari ibintu bitazwi neza mu ruhererekane rw’ibicuruzwa, tuzakomeza kwibanda ku kongera ubushobozi bwacu bwo guhangana no gukomeza ibikorwa byacu,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe na Mario Cordero, Umuyobozi Mukuru w’icyambu cya Long Beach.

Iyi ntangiriro itangaje igaragaza ukwezi kwa munani kwikurikiranya kw'ubwiyongere bw'imizigo y'icyambu umwaka ushize, cyatunganyije TEU 9,649,724 mu mwaka wa 2024 washyizwe ku rutonde rw'ibicuruzwa byakoreshejwe.

“Abakozi bacu bo ku cyambu, abakora ku bibuga by’inyanja, n’abafatanyabikorwa mu nganda bakomeje kwimura imizigo myinshi cyane, bigatuma iyi iba inzira nziza yo gucuruza ibicuruzwa mu nyanja ya Pasifika. Twiyemeje gutanga serivisi nziza ku bakiliya mu gihe tugera ku iterambere rirambye mu 2025,” ibi byavuzwe na Bonnie Lowenthal, umuyobozi wa Komisiyo ya Long Beach Harbor.