Supply Chain Research

Container handling through the ports of Seattle and Tacoma dropped 1% on a year earlier in July. That was the second month of declines, and underperformed the 13% increase seen in California’s ports. The reduction would have been worse if not for empty container handling – imports of full containers fell 2% while exports dropped 13%. Reduced traffic from Asia is a major culprit – shipments from China fell 2% and South Korean traffic dropped 15%.