News / More empty containers going to Asia than loaded ones as tariff effect lingers

28/02/2019

Transpacific ocean carriers are deadheading more equipment back to Asia than ever before – with US import tariffs actually exacerbating the imbalance.

According to a survey of the top 10 US ports by Alphaliner, the imbalance rate deteriorated significantly in the second half of last year, ...

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