Up to $1.5m fee for every Chinese-built box ship calling at a US port
Following its investigation into what it concluded was unfair Chinese state support of maritime supply ...
By Mike Wackett
Container imports last month at the 10 largest US box terminals increased by 6.6% year on year to 1.65m teu.
According to Blue Alpha Capital, this follows a 4.7% uplift in imports in March and a 2.3% increase over the past three months.
However, April was very much a tale of two coasts, as east coast and Gulf port imports soared 11.5%, to 779,711 teu, while west coast numbers were up a more modest 2.6%, to 871,980 teu.
The New York-based consultancy’s founder, ...
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