US transpacific ports have seen strong container volume growth and are ramping up their facilities to handle the cascaded vessels heading their way as well as dealing with challenges from the US-China trade war. UK consultancy Drewry said in its latest quarterly ports update that overall volume growth in North America was strong in Q4 2018 versus Q4 2017, at 7.9% versus a global average of 4.3%. One factor however was the front loading of imports to try and beat tariff deadlines.
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