Supply Chain Research

Container handling by the Georgia Ports Authority surged 13% on a year earlier in July, making the 21st straight month of expansion. A 14% rise in imports into its ports, led by Savannah, was largely down to a 25% surge in shipments from China after just 10% in the second quarter. That’s likely been driven by a mixture of a rush to beat the widening range of duties on Chinese exports being applied by the Trump administration as well as an increased share of shipments via the Panama Canal. The most aggressive container-lines in building market share on China-Savannah routes were ZIM Shipp...