RECORD TONNAGE AT THE PORT OF REDWOOD CITY
REDWOOD CITY - 12/04/03 - A record 1,111,400 metric tons of cargo crossed the Port of Redwood City docks for the fiscal year 2002-2003 that ended June 30.
The tonnage surpassed the port's only other million ton year, 1,095,000 metric tons in 2001, and was 23.5% higher than last year's nearly 900,000 tons.
The second through fourth quarters of the fiscal year bounced back strongly after a weak first quarter, driven by increases in imports of cement and gypsum and export of scrap metal.
Much of the cement, aggregates and gypsum imported from China, the Pacific Northwest, and Mexico, are used in the building trades.
The longest ship to ever dock at the San Francisco Bay Area port - the 797-foot bulk carrier Nelvana - arrived recently from British Columbia with 33,833 metric tons of construction sand. A second ship, the 730-foot long Ambassador, arrived soon after carrying about 26,934 metric tons of gypsum from Mexico.
A local firm, Pabco Gypsum Inc., uses the gypsum to make wallboard.
Cement imports from China to RMC Pacific Materials reached 365,079 metric tons for the year, up 34% over last year. The second half of the year accounted for nearly 225,000 of the cement tons, as pent up demand created increased shipments.
Pabco imported 231,553 metric tons of gypsum, a 14% increase over the prior year. Sims Metals America exported 273,814 tons of scrap metal generated mostly from old vehicles to the Far East, an increase of 9%.
Sand and other aggregates made up the balance of the tonnage. All in all, 100 ships and barges called at the port during the period.
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