Container flow in May decreased at Port Houston, while New Orleans got a boost from plastic resins and Corpus Christi, Texas, saw increases in crude oil and petroleum exports.
Port Houston posts mixed results for May
Container volumes at Port Houston softened for the third consecutive month.
In May, the port handled 300,482 twenty-foot equivalent units, a 10% year-over-year (y/y) decrease compared to 2022.
Total import tonnage was 2.6 million tons in May, a 6% y/y decrease. Total export tonnage was...