News / Gloomy view for box trade in 2015, as weak demand spurs global slowdown

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US imports are estimated at around 18.1m teu in 2014, up 6.4% on the previous year, buoyed by renewed consumer confidence and falling unemployment.

However, according to a leading consultant, “there is a change in the air” that could result in “minimal to no growth” this year.

According to the January edition for North America of Global Port Tracker, which based its calculations on reported throughputs and some estimates for the final weeks of 2014, the number of import boxes processed through ...