U.S. import growth by volume increased to 6.9% year over year in February, overcoming the downward pressure created by the Lunar New Year holiday. Asian routes drove that growth, with imports originating ports other than China up by 17.2% year over year. Chinese ports followed, increasing imports to the U.S. by 11.6% year over year. Carriers had mixed success. Imports associated with the Ocean Alliance grew by 13.7% year over year in February, followed by the 2M Alliance up 8.3% year over year. Ocean was led by Evergreen, up 19.4% year over year, and could indicate that Evergreen took fu...
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