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US import container volumes grew by 5.9% in June, year on year, defying weaker consumer demand trends.

According to the latest McCown Report, throughput at the top ten US container ports reached 2,164,789 teu last month, after a 3% gain in May and a 5.1% increase in April.

This represented a huge, 26.9%, increase on the pre-pandemic levels of June 2019, evidence of the nation’s insatiable appetite for imported goods.

The US east and Gulf coast ports again saw the biggest increase in ...

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