Successful U.S. ports insist on investments

摘要

By just about anyone's standard, 2018 was a good year for maritime cargo volume throughput for America's seaports«, Kurt Nagle, CEO of American Association of Port Authorities (A APA), tells HANSA. From January to October total U.S. waterborne foreign trade rose by 5.7 % to 1.213 mill, t, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Remarkably enough, there was quite an imbalance, with exports rising 13.6% to 651,000t and imports declining 2.2% to 562,1001. In terms of the value of these trades, there was a growth of 11.1% to 1.470 mill. $, with 486mill.$ exports (+13.3%) and 983 mill. $ imports (+10%). For 2018, many U.S. ports announced they were experiencing record or greatly increased cargo volumes, based on a number of factors, including a strong American economy, enhanced demand for American exports, competitive freight rates and a desire by importers and shipping lines to land import cargoes into the U.S. before implementation of higher tariffs.