US port imports hit another record high this spring, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report published by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates.
The reasons for that are that the country’s major container ports worked to ease congestion and retailers stocked up before the West Coast dock workers’ labor contract expired.
Specifically, US ports covered by the Global Port Tracker handled 2.4 million TEU in May, up 6% from April and up 2.7% year over year. They also...
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