News / Mixed views on cargo shift from US west coast ports to the east

US shippers and forwarders are offering conflicting pictures of the migration of freight from west to east coast ports.

The National Retail Federation (NRF) is concerned that a number of issues could see congestion return to west coast ports, so they are “diversifying the risk” by sending cargo to east and Gulf coast gateways.

At the TPM23 Conference in Long Beach, NRF VP supply chain and customs policy Jonathan Gold said there were a number of issues on the west coast that ...