Supply Chain Research

Container lines operating U.S.-inbound services saw a 9.2% year over year slide in traffic in March, the sixth drop in a row and largely due to coronavirus-related disruptions in China in February. All the top 10 liners saw a drop in traffic, with the 2M alliance of Maersk and MSC falling by 16.9% and 15.2% respectively. THE Alliance, led by Hapag-Lloyd and ONE likely did better after their shipments fell by just 3.3% and 0.1% each. The only major gainer among the major container-lines was SM Line with a 34.0% surge. That was supported by its strong South Korean business alongside a buil...