Supply Chain Research

The Port of Savannah experienced the fastest growth among major U.S. ports in September, based on seaborne imports in TEUs. Volumes increased 18% on a year earlier, or 23,500 TEU, as a result of increased traffic via Panama and from Germany courtesy of Ikea and Robert Bosch. Long Beach was the laggard, with 55,000 fewer import TEUs handled on a year earlier in the wake of Hanjin Shipping’s woes – increased shipments from Vietnam by Samsung C&T were a rare bright spot. New York didn’t repeat its August European consumer success – indeed volumes were only 0.6% higher on September 2015 as i...