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Coronavirus-linked container constraint emerges as empty handling falls

China 2967 Coronavirus 511 Corp - Ports 876 Mode - Containerized 1464 Mode - Seaborne 1797 U.S. 5313

South Carolina’s ports saw a surge in traffic in February with a 13.5% rise in imports of loaded containers. The latter was all the more remarkable for including an 8.2% rise in shipments from China. While that was markedly better than seen in California’s ports, it reflects the longer shipping times to the east coast and hence the likelihood of a delayed impact of the coronavirus-linked disruptions. The impact of the latter can be seen in a 27.0% year over year drop in seaborne imports into Charleston in the first two weeks of March according to Panjiva’s data. Aside from a slide in tot...

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