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

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 ports appears to be gaining fresh momentum ahead of the expiry of the US west coast labour agreement on 1 July, despite some optimism from both unions and employers.

According to the latest statistics from the ...