Import cargo volume at the top U.S. containerized retail import cargo handling ports will set a monthly record in October, predicts the monthly Global Port Tracker report released October 10 by the
National Retail Federation and
Hackett Associates. Container movements through the
Port of Fortaleza during the first nine months of 2014 jumped 14.1 percent from a year ago, according the state port authority,
Companhia Docas do Ceará. The San Pedro Harbor ports of
Long Beach and
Los Angeles together handled container volumes totaling just over 1.4 million TEUs in September, up from 1.2 million TEUs in the preceding month, and an 8.2 percent increase from the September 2013. Increased Asian and Latin American trade service offerings contributed to a 22 percent upswing in container movements at North Carolina’s
Port of Wilmington during the first quarter of the fiscal year that began July 1, 2014. September was the busiest month at the
Port of Oakland in more than a year, with container volumes of 207,412 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 2.9 percent and the most since August 2013. The
Port of Redwood City reports 451,031 metric tons of cargo crossed its docks during the first quarter of the fiscal year that began July 1, a 23-percent increase from first quarter FY 2014. Container traffic surged through the
Port of Tacoma in September, posting a 20 percent gain over the same month last year and marking the busiest month since September 2005.
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