Supply Chain Research

U.S. port activity has struggled to recover in June. Total activity through the ports of Long Beach and Oakland fell by 11.1% and 2.3% year over year respectively while total U.S. seaborne imports across all ports declined by 8.4%. That was somewhat better than the 19.6% slide in May and brought the Q2 total to an 11.2% drop. LA and Long Beach combined saw a decline of 8.4% in imports in Q2 while Oakland fell by 4.3%. Not all west coast ports did better though with Seattle / Tacoma down by 13.4%. Among the other major ports Houston was one of the best performers with shipments down by ju...