US southwest ports prepare for ‘surge’ of containerised imports as February figures disappoint
The ports’ throughput figures follow a trend defined by the most recent edition of Global Port Tracker that said global ‘trade in the first quarter of 2020 has slumped dramatically’
Still, matters may be improving, according to Alphaliner which said: ‘In China, the falling new cases of the coronavirus and the easing of travel restrictions are helping the industrial production to gradually return to normal levels’