News / Asia-US box traffic hits an all-time high, boosted by retail front-loading

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Containerised exports from 18 Asian countries to the US hit an all-time high of 21.45m teu last year, according to figures compiled by the Japan Maritime Center.

Longer voyages due to the Red Sea crisis, a resilient US economy, fears over industrial action by US dockers and the tariffs on Chinese imports all catalysed shipments, it reports.

US imports from China increased 16% (11.8m teu), from South Korea 15% (1.36m teu), from Japan 8% (670,000 teu) ...