As the US economy continues to defy the doomsayers, teu throughput at US ports finally broke above the 2022 level for October, rising 4.7% month-on-month and 11.4% year-on-year to 2.31m teu. In truth this is really because US containerised imports peaked in September 2022 and then fell from about 2.51m to 2.16m teu in a month. Still, the import figures have steadily trended upwards this year from a low of 1.73m teu in February. Containerised imports from China rose 2.3% month-on-month in Octobe...
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