Shift in Some Port Business to the East Coast Likely Permanent
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Pugest Sound Business Journal] by Sarah Aitchison - March 3, 2015
While shippers and businesses using West Coast ports struggled during months of slowdowns, East Coast ports picked up diverted cargo. The bad news for the West Coast is that it's likely some of that cargo will remain in the east.
The biggest East Coast ports had 10.2 percent more growth than the biggest West Coast ports in the fourth quarter of
2014, compared to a 1.6 percent difference from the year before.
In the quarter before the slowdowns began, West Coast ports had more growth than East Coast ports.
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