California ports show hesitant growth trajectory despite tariffs
The trade war last year saw all three ports booming in the run-up to October as shippers used frontloading to beat the deadline of threatened tariffs. The frontloading has gone, but the tariffs remain and are having variable effects on the three ports
Los Angeles had a bad October, but is having a good year. Long Beach is having a bad year, but just had its second busiest October ever. Oakland is having a good year, and a mixed October