News / US container imports up 7% in April as coastal shift continues

16/05/2022

The seven-week Covid lockdown in Shanghai, prompting carriers to blank a third of export sailings on the Asia-Europe and transpacific tradelanes, is creating a lull in May import volumes through US west coast ports.

Moreover, the coastal shift by shippers from the west coast to east ...

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