Supply Chain Research

Airfreight handled by Seattle-Tacoma airport jumped 30% in November on a year earlier, helped by a 53% increase in domestic volumes loaded and a 41% jump in volumes unloaded. This likely resulted from DHL Express moving its local hub there. International trade was slower though with exports unchanged and imports rising 9%. This was a better performance than the region’s seaports though, with Tacoma seeing a 5% drop in imports. That performance was principally due to a 44% slide in imports by automakers in Japan including Subaru manufacturer Fuji Heavy and Toyota. Nonetheless, the Panjiva...