According to Descartes’ recent global shipping report, U.S. West Coast seaports are currently experiencing minimal disruptions and cargo rerouting despite ongoing attacks in the Red Sea and persistent drought-related constraints in the Panama Canal, Yahoo Finance reports.

Wall Street Journal covers how Argentine auto parts manufacturer Ecotape increased international sales by 30% in 2023 using the Descartes Datamyne™ global trade intelligence solution to identify potential buyers based on commodity-level trading volume and value of prospective customers.

Furniture Today reports on the latest U.S. container volumes in Descartes’ monthly global shipping report. Driven largely by a 14.9% increase in U.S. imports from China—led by furniture & bedding—January volumes rose nearly 8% from December, marking the biggest December-to-January gain in seven years.

gCaptain on findings from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing U.S. container import volumes jumped 9.9% in January from the previous year, and reviews the impact of attacks in the Red Sea and drought in the Panama Canal on U.S. West Coast ports.

SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Jackson Wood on the importance of mastering multi-stakeholder collaboration to build a trade compliance strategy that mitigates regulatory, reputational, and resiliency risk in the face of increasing geopolitical conflict, more severe CBP enforcement, and a greater focus on ESG corporate governance.

SupplyChainBrain shares insights from Descartes’ Ted Rowe on how importers can recoup duty overpayments using specialized duty recovery practices, a critical strategy given 80%-90% of businesses importing goods into Canada overpay customs duties or miss out on available refunds.

Inside Shipping’s Greg Miller examines the biggest jump in January U.S. container imports vs. December in seven years, driven by volumes to the West Coast from China, according to Descartes’ recent global shipping report.