Shipping Economic Trends & Regions

West Coast trade report – September

Editor
October 27, 2022

This month’s report includes September TEU Tallies (forecasts vs. the Early Returns) as well as the U.S. West Coast ports’ share of containerized import tonnage

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Tags: container traffic, global trade, port congestion, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, U.S ports

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