Beantown’s Been Better as MSC Traffic Drops, Hapag-Lloyd Arrives — Panjiva
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Beantown’s Been Better as MSC Traffic Drops, Hapag-Lloyd Arrives

Corp - Ports 909 Corp - Shipping 1026 Mode - Containerized 1524 Mode - Seaborne 1845 U.S. 5399

Container handling through the Port of Boston fell 10% on a year earlier in January, with an export drop of 24% being the worst monthly performance since February 2015. Imports also struggled with an 8% reduction, though that does nonetheless repeat the “exports beat imports” pattern seen nationally. The drop in imports has also been broad-based with shipments from China down 15%. The main bright spot was a rise in shipments from South Korea to reach a level 3.5x higher than a year earlier. MSC’s shipments were the main reason for the decline, with a 48% drop in traffic and accounting fo...

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