The U.S. container seaport sector endured a series of disruptions caused by the pandemic in 2020 but still ended up handling more containers than ever. The rapid reemergence of China from initial lockdowns combined with a surge in consumer durables demand and transport of medical supplies in Q4’20 meant total inbound handling reached 2.93 million TEUs in 2020, up by 1.7% year over year. The largest ports also experienced the fastest growth with imports to Newark / New York and to Long Beach up by 8.1% and 8.0% respectively year over year in 2020. Savannah and Houston meanwhile saw volume...