Top 100 exporters in 2012: U.S. foreign trade via ocean container transport.
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24 May 2013
Top 100 importers in 2012: U.S. foreign trade via ocean container transport.
24 May 2013
Nearly everyone knows the United States imports a lot from China (and if you don’t, you’re probably not a regular reader of The Journal of Commerce), but American companies are increasingly exporting more to the Asian manufacturing juggernaut, too.
24 May 2013
A truck carrying an oversized load hit a bridge on Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon, Wash., yesterday, causing part of the span to collapse and fall into the Skagit River about 50 feet below, Fox News reports.
24 May 2013
Wastepaper is a bedrock of U.S. exports, accounting for more than 20 of the top 100 U.S. exporters of containerized cargo and more than 15 percent of total export containers. That’s unlikely to change soon, but two emerging trends could slow future growth.
24 May 2013
One step forward, a half-step backward. That’s expected to be the story of the U.S. economy, and containerized imports and exports, through the rest of 2013.
24 May 2013
Energy now locked in shale rock is fueling a renaissance in U.S. chemical manufacturing that will drive rising exports of chemicals and related products even higher, according to the head of the American Chemistry Council.
23 May 2013
The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles are seeking information about technologies that could substantially reduce air pollution from main engines on ships transiting to and from the ports.
23 May 2013
Germany’s HSH Nordbank, the world’s biggest ship financier, warned the crisis in the shipping market could deepen through 2014, as it announced sharply lower net income and more than tripled loan loss provisions.
23 May 2013
Containerized exports from the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East to regions in Europe, Africa, and the Americas saw significant growth in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics.
22 May 2013
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