Jock O'Connell

International trade economist. Studied arithmetic at London School of Economics and University of Vienna. Otherwise educated by agnostic New England Jesuits.

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@PMSAship Congratulations, Mike.

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The San Pedro Bay maritime complex in Southern California (@PortofLA and @portoflongbeach) handled 263,155 more loaded inbound TEUs and 100,311 more outbound loaded TEUs in July than did East Coast rival @PANYNJ.

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Outbound loaded TEUs in July shipped from the @portoflongbeach were the fewest in any month since January 2009.

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Amused to see certain port officials still anticipating that back-to-school sales will affect import volumes when classes started yesterday at the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest. Chicago schools start next Monday.

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On Threads, if you care to follow, I’m @jockoconnell.

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I am now a citizen of the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪.

Word from Dublin arrived this week that my application for citizenship (based on the fact my paternal grandmother was born in County Galway) was approved.

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Easily the most entertaining race in Major League Baseball right now has got to be the @RedSox vs @Yankees for last place in the AL East.

[American Journal of Transportation, AJOT @AJOT]

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#port #terminal @PortofOakland #shipping #maritime

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173,342 fewer loaded TEUs were shipped from U.S. seaports in the first six months of this year than during the same period in pre-pandemic 2019.

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Inbound loaded TEUs were down 6.4% from the first-half of pre-pandemic 2019 at U.S. West Coast ports but up 7.1% at East Coast ports. @PMSAship

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@RedSox extend lead over @Yankees in AL East.

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Who is Taylor Swift?

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@RedSox go a game up on @Yankees.

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Outbound loaded TEU traffic at the @PortofLA in June was -22.4% from the same month in pre-pandemic 2019, while outbound loaded TEUs from neighboring @portoflongbeach was -29.4%.

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Inbound loaded TEU traffic at @PortofLA and @portoflongbeach in June was -2.5% of pre-pandemic June 2019. @PortofLA was +9.8% but @portoflongbeach was -17.3%.

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@PortofLA posted its June container numbers today. Compared with the pre-pandemic June of 2019, inbound loaded TEUs were up 9.8%, but outbound loads were off by 22.4%. Excluding dreadful 2020, first-half container traffic through the port was the lowest of any year since 2016.

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California sees mild weather while global temperature records fall https://t.co/lG1x1jbTzY

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@Costco now selling Halloween (October 31) costumes. Hey kids, it’s only 16 weeks until trick-or-treat.

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My comments cited prominently in this analysis. https://t.co/Q2gGDW1qdK

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Canadian port workers in BC strike against automation and outsourcing https://t.co/Q2gGDW1qdK