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With 2005 throughput exceeding 14 million twenty-foot equivalent units, the combined ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were the 5th ranked container port in the world. To put this into perspective, that volume exceeded the combined volume of the next five largest ports in the United States: New York/New Jersey, Oakland, Seattle/Tacoma and Charleston.
Just as proximity to an airport is critical for an Air Freight company, close proximity to an ocean port is paramount for companies in this industry. Due to extremely low profit margins however, those in the Ocean Freight business are constantly searching for means to reduce the fixed occupancy costs. A delicate balance is therefore necessary between attaining absolute minimal occupancy costs while maintaining reasonable access to ports, freeway systems and customers.
The art in coordinating a real estate transaction for an Ocean Freight client lies in a broker's ability to locate a blend the competing needs of low occupancy cost, port proximity while still delivering a facility that provides large cubic capacity, large yard areas for truck ingress/egress, and oftentimes a combination of on-site and off-site storage areas for storing shipping containers.
Please contact us today and let our experience be of service to you in your next real estate requirement. We welcome your call.
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