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June 10, 2022
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- NRF believes that containerized imports into the US
will increase in summer and then decrease in autumn
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- An unknown factor is the outcome of the negotiations
on the work between Pacific Maritime Association and International
Longshore & Warehouse Union
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 "An intense summer awaits us in the ports." It has
jonathan gold, vice president of supply chain and customs
policy of the National Retail Federation, illustrating the forecasts
contained in the latest edition of the "Global Port Trucker,
the monthly analysis on the trend of traffic volumes
containerized import into U.S. ports made
from the NRF, which is the association of commercial enterprises to the
Detail of the United States and the organization of this sector more
great of the world, in collaboration with Hackett Associates. 'The
back-to-school items - gold explained - are already
arriving and those for the holidays will follow immediately after».
According to the monthly report, in fact, also this month the
Imports into major American container ports should
record a volume of traffic close to record levels since
retailers work to meet consumer demand,
which is still high, and to be safe compared to
possible interruptions of activity in the ports of the coast
western.-
- "The great unknown - explained Gold in this regard -
that's what will happen with the negotiations on the job
in west coast ports, given that the current contract
will expire on the first of July. We - he specified referring to the
Pacific Maritime Association, the organization representing the
main shipping companies calling at the ports of the
West Coast, and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union
(ILWU), the union representing port workers -
we continue to encourage the parties to stay at the table until
when an agreement will not be concluded, but part
of the increase in activity that we have recorded can
represent a safeguard against any problems that
could arise."
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- An ongoing recovery determined by the restart of activities
in China: imports from China - confirmed Ben Hackett,
founder of Hackett Associates - they should start again
increase now that the government has relaxed its Covid Zero policy
and began to liberate the population of Shanghai from a blockade
lasted months.
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- About the forecasts of the trend of container traffic
in ports, the "Global Port Tracker" reminds that the
last April the ports have enlivened a containerized traffic
of import equal to 2.26 million teu containers, with a
decrease of -3.6% compared to the 2.34 million teu enlivened on
previous month when the monthly record of the
number of containers imported since NRF started
monitor imports in 2002; volume, the one moved to
April 2022, which is still +5.1% higher than
the one totaled in April 2021. NRF believes that in May 2022 the
volume of containerized imports handled by airports
port has been pairs to 2,31 million teu, with a decrease of -0,9%
on May 2021 which is the second month by traffic volume
absolute. Also in June 2022 a volume of traffic is expected
pari a 2,31 million teu, with an increase of +7.5% on an annual basis.
The forecast for July 2022 is 2.30 million teu, with
a growth of +4.8% on July 2021. Expected to rise on a basis
annual also for August 2022 with 2.28 million teu (+0.2%), while
for the next month of September a decrease of -0.4% is expected
with 2.13 million teu enlivened and a reduction in volumes is
also scheduled for the following October with 2.13 million teu
handled (-3.8%).
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- For the entire first half of this year, NRF believes that
American ports will be able to handle a total of 13.5 million
of imported containerized traffic teu, with a
increase of +5.3% on the first half of 2021.
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