Container handling at California’s big three ports climbed 4% in January, the 11th straight month of expansion. Patterns established in late 2017 continued. Imports (up 4%) outperforming exports (down 2%) while Long Beach (which climbed 13%) did better than Los Angeles (off by 2%) and Oakland (4% higher). Among container-lines and forwarders the competition for inbound volumes to California remained fierce. The combined COSCO Shipping and Orient Overseas would have increased volumes by 37% and CMA-CGM climbed by 17%. That came at the expense of Evergreen (down 1%) and MSC (3% lower). Sim...
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