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Critical Cargoes: Are West Coast Ports Down For The Count?
Trade analysts are forecasting a deeper slump in the transpacific trade this year, and yet port authorities at the three leading U.S. West Coast gateways may be putting in place strategies that could make their destinations less attractive in the future. Will shippers tire of fighting proposed container fees and unionized drayage and seek all-water alternatives to the East Coast?
Critical Cargoes: Are West Coast Ports Down For The Count?
March 20, 2008
Trade analysts are forecasting a deeper slump in the transpacific trade this year, and yet port authorities at the three leading U.S. West Coast gateways may be putting in place strategies that could make their destinations less attractive in the future. Will shippers tire of fighting proposed container fees and unionized drayage and seek all-water alternatives to the East Coast?
Posted by Patrick Burnson on March 20, 2008 | Comments (0)
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