b'12American Journal of Transportation ajot.comCold storage space is at a premium Top U.S. Ports for Reefer ExportsJan-Sep 2021 - Jan-Sep 2020AsoluteAsolute Cold storage space is at a premium in North America andRank US Ports2021 2020 Change Change %there is little sign of a let up. 1 OAKLAND,CA 189,853 179,562 10,291 5.73%2 LOS ANGELES,CA 74,894 66,321 8,573 12.93%By George Lauriat, AJOT 3 LONG BEACH,CA 68,238 89,215 -20,977 -23.51%4 HOUSTON,TX 65,068 59,202 5,865 9.91%DemandingBusiness.Temperature-ControlledWarehousing,Cold5 SEATTLE,WA 62,815 65,469 -2,654 -4.05%Storage space is at a premium and there are few signs that the squeeze on6 SAVANNAH,GA 61,231 65,190 -3,959 -6.07%facilities will abate at any time soon. 7 TACOMA,WA 49,306 60,462 -11,156 -18.45%8 NORFOLK,VA 45,968 44,791 1,178 2.63%Although there are a number of reasons for the growth in demand for9 CHARLESTON,SC 33,239 36,910 -3,671 -9.95%cold storage space, fundamentally it comes down to an increase in the10 NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 27,888 26,865 1,023 3.81%movement of perishable goods. ALL OTHERS 160,952 136,820 24,131 17.64%For example, perishable imports were steady even during the periodTotal TEUs 839,452 830,807 8,645 1.04%of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Consumers dropped buying durables andTop 10 U.S. Port of Arrival for Reefer Cargoshifted to consumables like foodstuffs. And even in this post-pandemicJan-Sep 2021 - Jan-Sep 2020shift back to more retail oriented sales, the trade in perishables continuesRank US Ports of Arrival 2021 2020 AsoluteAsolute to flourish. (See Peter Buxbaum story on page 10) 1 NEW YORK/NEWARK AREA, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 195,253 172,713 Change Change %DescartesDatamyne,acompanyspecializinginthecollectionof2 PHILADELPHIA,PA 193,404 177,681 22,540 13.05%15,722 8.85%international trade data, in a recent trade and analysis paper noted U.S.3 WILMINGTON,DE 141,585 146,111 -4,527 -3.10%imports of perishable goods are still posting high volumes. According to4 PORT EVERGLADES,FL 79,013 75,626 3,388 4.48%Datamyne thus far 2021 imports are 11.58% higher than the same period5 LOS ANGELES,CA 74,737 65,829 8,908 13.53%in 2020 and more importantly, 19.1% over pre-pandemic 2019, as mea- 6 PORT HUENEME,CA 74,162 66,196 7,966 12.03%sured in terms of TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units).7 MIAMI,FL 65,659 52,114 13,546 25.99%8 SAN DIEGO,CA 57,477 54,641 2,836 5.19%The biggest contributor to the perishable trade is the ubiquitous banana.9 LONG BEACH,CA 56,926 62,511 -5,586 -8.94%It is still king of crops in the perishable business by volume, although10 GULFPORT,MS 47,890 48,224 -334 -0.69%the avocado has challenged the bananas dominance in monetary terms.ALL OTHERS 350,136 303,720 46,417 15.28%Around 43% of the banana imports come from Guatemala with other LatinTotal TEUs 1,336,241 1,225,366 110,876 9.05%American nations splitting up most of the remaining volume. 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