Supply Chain Research

Matson has provided Q4’20 earnings guidance that was more than 56% above analysts estimates, based on S&P Global Market Intelligence figures, after the container line cited “significant demand” for its China-U.S. service. The firm also expects “largely all of these trends to remain favorable in the first half of 2021 as the pandemic persists”. The firm’s expedited China-to-U.S. service appears to have generated significant demand, with U.S. seaborne imports linked to the firm having increased by 67.7% year over year in December alone. That put it well ahead of the container-line industry...