Retailers are forecasting an import cargo surge at U.S. ports this summer following the 90-day break in the tariff fight between China and the United States. The outlook by the National Retail Federation’s Global Port Tracker provides a detailed picture of how current trade policies are influencing U.S. ports and the anticipated changes in import …
Container and breakbulk cargo flows in March rose in Houston and New Orleans, while demand for crude oil continued to fuel shipments through Corpus Christi, Texas. Port Houston container volumes rebound in March After sluggish freight flows in February, Port Houston handled 386,864 twenty-foot equivalent units in March, a 7% increase compared to March 2023. It marked …
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President Donald Trump’s wide ranging “reciprocal” tariff policy went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, including 104% duties on goods from China, as well as various levies on imports from about 90 other U.S. trading partners. Officials in China on Wednesday announced retaliatory duties on U.S. imports to 84%, up from 34%, starting on …
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The Georgia Ports Authority said the Port of Savannah moved 479,850 twenty-foot equivalent units, the busiest February on record and a 6% increase from the same month a year ago. Authority President and Chief Executive Griff Lynch in a release credited the surge to the port’s role as a gateway to the Southeast. Frontloading by …
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Another strong, disruptive winter weather event will unfold across the U.S. this week, but this time the Gulf Coast is preparing for impacts. Polar air is plunging south from Canada to start the week and meeting with moisture across the Gulf Coast from East Texas to Florida. As a center of low pressure moves over …
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Total November freight movements were up in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, and in New Orleans, boosted by imports of consumer goods and machinery and exports of crude oil. Port Houston containerized freight soars 24% in November Port Houston’s container volume in November recorded a 24% year-over-year increase to 369,361 twenty-foot equivalent units. Port officials …
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Containerized imports are expected to continue to surge through U.S. ports into the new year as shippers look to beat a possible strike by East and Gulf Coast longshore workers and planned tariffs by the incoming Trump administration, according to a new forecast. October volume totaled 2.25 million twenty-foot equivalent unit through ports covered by …
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The state that produces the most Christmas trees in the United States is Oregon in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), thanks to its ideal climate and soil conditions for growing popular Christmas tree species like the Noble Fir, Douglas Fir, and Grand Fir. Oregon harvests over 4.5 to 5 million Christmas trees annually, making it the …
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A protest at the Mexico border has caused a major backup at the busiest cargo bridge in the U.S. Around noon on Tuesday, protestors in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, began blocking the roadway on the Mexico side of the World Trade Bridge that connects to Laredo, Texas. All northbound cargo trucks carrying goods from Mexico to …
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Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, has updated the union’s list of demands after dockworkers began striking against employers at ports across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts starting Tuesday. “We are now demanding $5 an hour increase in wages for each of the six years of a new ILA-USMX Master Contract,” said ILA President …
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