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Import Cargo Volume

Imports Increasing but Threatened by Growing Trade War

  • Global Logistics, Ocean Market

Source: National Retail Federation

Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports are expected to grow a healthy 5.8 percent year-over-year this month but could be threatened in the future if the developing trade war between the United States and China continues to escalate, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

“Tariffs are a tax on American consumers in the form of higher prices but they are also a tax on American jobs,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said. “If tariffs ultimately lead to a reduction in imports and exports, that will put dockworkers and countless others in the supply chain out of work. American consumers and workers should not be punished for China’s wrongdoing.”

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John Carr

Take Me To Your Thought Leader

  • MIQ in the News, Ocean Market

Global Trade 

Recently,  John Carr (MIQ President and CEO) answered several questions that were posed to 9 global 3PL leaders.  An excerpt of John’s responses were featured in the article entitled “Take Me To Your Thought Leader”;  currently found in the April/May edition of Global Trade magazine.  >> Click here to access the entire article.

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Import Cargo Volume

New tariffs threaten import growth at container ports

  • Global Logistics, Ocean Market

Source: National Retail Federation

Imports at the nations’ major retail container ports are expected to dip slightly this month, but that’s the result of annual Asian factory shutdowns for Lunar New Year rather than new tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed this week, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. Nonetheless, those and other tariffs could eventually have an impact on the ports.

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Shipping Logistics Picture

Only so many hours in the dray

  • Ocean Market

Source: DC Velocity

U.S. intermodal traffic volumes set a record in 2017, and the consensus going into 2018 is for more gains. The global economy ended last year with its best-synchronized recovery since 2010. In the U.S., ocean imports were expected to rise 7 percent over 2016 levels, according to a December survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and consultancy Hackett Associates. Meanwhile, already-solid domestic intermodal demand will likely be goosed if qualified over-the-road drivers remain in short supply and if the trucking industry struggles with transitioning to the federal safety mandate requiring that virtually all trucks built after the year 2000 have electronic logging devices (ELDs) onboard.

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NRF Import Cargo Volume

Retail Imports Expected to Grow 4.9 Percent in First Half Of 2018 As Consumer Demand Increases

  • Ocean Market

Source: National Retail Federation

Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports are expected to grow a healthy 4.9 percent during the first half of 2018 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Import Cargo Volume

Import Numbers Show Retailers Restocking As Holiday Season Hits Final Days

  • Ocean Market

Source: National Retail Federation 

Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports are expected to increase 1.5 percent this month over the same time last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. The year, which included five of the seven busiest months for imports on record, should end with a healthy 6.4 percent increase over 2016.

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US Cargo Import Volume November 2017

Imports Level Off But ‘Warehouses Are Full’ As Retailers Enter Holiday Season

  • Ocean Market

Source: National Retail Federation

After months of record-setting volume as retailers stocked up for a busy holiday season, imports at the nation’s major container ports should be essentially flat this month compared with the same time last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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NRF Imports

Imports Set A Second Record High As Retailers Prepare For Busy Holiday Season

  • Global Logistics, Ocean Market

Source: National Retail Federation
Imports set a second all-time monthly record high this summer as retailers brought in merchandise for the busy holiday season, and are continuing at unusually high levels this month, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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NRF Import Cargo Volume

Retail Imports Set New Monthly High, Yearly Record Possible

  • Global Logistics

Source: National Retail Federation

Growing imports at the nation’s major retail container ports set an all-time monthly record this summer, and 2017 is expected to reach a new yearly record, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Air Freight Consolidation from Houston to Latin America

  • Global Logistics

MIQ Logistics is now providing air freight consolidation services from Houston (IAH) to Santiago (SCL), Lima (LIM), and Buenos Aires (EZE).

MIQ Logistics consolidation services are chosen through blocked space agreements (BSA) with premium commercial and freighter airline direct flights. Many of the blocked space agreements are with freighter cargo carriers, which helps eliminate commercial aircraft restrictions that occur.

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