US ports handled 1.72m teu in July

Imports shot up by 15% at the ports of Los Angeles, pictured, and Long Beach in California in July Photo: joey zanotti/flickr/CC BY 2.0

US ports saw a boom in imports in July, with preliminary data from the National Retail Federation showing that they handled the equivalent of 1.72m teu, just missing out on creating a record.

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