Containers shifting away from US Pacific ports: Gulf of Mexico the big winner
More than 1m teus per year have shifted away from US West Coast ports, with Gulf of Mexico ports being the big winners, according to a report by Descartes Systems Group.
The analysis of the shift in US import volumes since 2021 found that the days of long queues to get into the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles – driven by a pandemic-related surge in demands for goods – had
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