Outbound containers to the U.S. from 10 major Asian countries and regions (based on shipments that mother vessels are loaded with at ports of origin) increased 3.6% to 1,515,033 TEUs, enjoying a year-on-year improvement for two back-to-back months, U.S. research company Descartes Datamyne recently announced. In the first eight months (January-August), however, container throughput on the trade only grew a minute 0.8% to 10,810,218 TEUs.
Meanwhile, containers from the U.S. to Asia declined 8.6%...