by Mike Duff | Jan 10, 2025 | Retail Articles
A tentative labor agreement has removed the threat of strikes at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports in the United States, but docks across the country have already seen a surge in imports that is likely to continue because of the potential increases in tariffs that have...
by Mike Duff | Jan 9, 2025 | Retail Articles
A tentative agreement gives every indication that an East and Gulf Coast port strike has been averted. The potential strike garnered broad attention in retail and beyond, given its potential for trade disruption, with President-elect Donald Trump weighing on the side...
by Mike Duff | Jul 11, 2024 | Retail Articles
Inbound cargo volume at major container ports in the United States continues to rise despite supply chain challenges, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. U.S. ports covered by Global Port...
by Mike Duff | May 8, 2024 | Retail Articles
U.S. ports covered by Port Tracker handled 1.93 million TEU – one 20-foot container or its equivalent – in March, the latest month for which final numbers are available. That figure was down 1.4% from February but up 18.7% from March 2023, when Asian exports were slow...
by Mike Duff | Feb 13, 2024 | Retail Articles
Inbound cargo volume at major container ports in the United States should see year-over-year increases through the first half of the year despite attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation...
