Container News: Asia to US Box Traffic Dips for the First Time in Three Months

Outbound containers exported to the U.S. from 10 major countries and regions in Asia in September (based on shipments that mother vessels are loaded with at ports of origin) decreased 0.5% to 1,441,130 TEUs, incurring the first year-on-year decline in three months, according to American research company Descartes Datamyne. In the first nine months (January-September), in contrast, they increased a minute 0.6% from a year earlier to 12,336,367 TEUs.