by - June 10, 2024 6:11 pm
The first half of 2024 cargo shipments for retail are expected to total 12.1 million containers, up 15% and reversing the 12.8% decline reported a year ago, according to the…
by - January 9, 2024 1:36 pm
With a wrap on the holiday season, inbound cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to slow during the first quarter of 2024, according to a report…
by - September 11, 2023 8:20 pm
Retailers continued to take a cautious approach to ordering holiday inventory given the oversupply some are still working through from the 2022 holiday season. Import volume is slowly building from…
by - March 8, 2023 2:45 pm
The National Retail Federation (NRF) said it expects import cargo volume to rebound this month slowly, but overall the gains are expected to be small through mid-summer, according to data…
by - November 22, 2021 2:46 pm
U.S. ports remain congested, with the number of ships at anchor at near-record levels, but ports have started to make progress moving out containers, analysts said. Meanwhile, retailers are making…
by - October 10, 2014 6:56 pm
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to see a final surge and set a new monthly record in October as the holiday season approaches,…
by - July 9, 2014 1:50 pm
Retailers from Wal-Mart to Amazon are keeping a close eye on the labor disputes that threaten to bring imports to a halt if an agreement between the International Longshore and…
by - October 7, 2013 8:13 pm
The approaching holiday season is expected to push retail freight 9.1% higher in October, compared to the same month last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker survey released…
