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Americas sustain containerport throughput

01 Sep 2006

Globalisation and the rise of China as the world's manufacturing centre have accelerated containerport demand in the Americas in recent years, according to a study from Ocean Shipping Consultants Ltd.

North America's Pacific seaboard specifically has been feeling the strain due to a rise in imports from Asia and above average economic growth of western US states.