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Strong demand remains at the Nort America East Coast ports

The growth rates in North America East Coast ports are in uncharted territory, according to the Danish supply chain data analysts, Sea-Intelligence.

Laden imports have been growing at over 10% year on year (Y/Y) in all but one month since September 2020, with average Y/Y growth across this period of 15.6%.

Additionally, empty exports on the other hand have been growing at an average of 29.1% in this period.

“The laden export to empty export ratio, albeit decreasing, is still above 1.0 (favouring laden exports), and has been hovering between 1.0-1.3 since August 2020,” said Alan Murphy, CEO of Sea-Intelligence.

“It does make sense though, given the transit times from North America East Coast, carriers would be able to reposition empty container faster via the West Coast, which is also why the laden to empty export ratio for the West Coast ports has been under 1.0,” added Murphy.

The following figure shows the combined North America container handling volumes for January-May 2021.

“It is quite clear that the demand boom is still ongoing in North America, as laden imports grew by a sharp 31.2% Y/Y (18.7% compared to 2019 Jan-May), while total handled container volumes grew by 28.4% Y/Y (15.8% compared to 2019 Jan-May),” reported Sea Intelligence.

There was an exceptionally large increase in empty exports, of 68.5% Y/Y (37.9% compared to 2019 Jan-May), which is considerably higher than in previous years.

Laden exports, on the other hand, contracted by -2.1% Y/Y (-7.2% compared to 2019 Jan-May), which is in line with the historical figures.





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