Container News shares key takeaways from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that March 2024 was a strong month for U.S. container imports and that, despite the combined effect of the Panama drought and the conflict in the Middle East, port transit delays showed continued improvement across nearly all the top ports.

Supply Chain Dive highlights Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that March U.S. container import volumes increased 0.4% from February, but jumped 15.7% when compared to the same month last year, indicating exceptional growth when considering the impact of the Chinese Lunar New Year on the second half of March.

World Ports Org shared that March U.S. container import volumes experienced a significant increase of 15.7%, compared with the same month last year, and marked an even larger increase of 20.6%, compared with pre-pandemic levels in March 2019, according to Descartes’ recent global shipping report.

WSJ Logistics Report cites, as its Number of the Day, March U.S. container imports of 2,145,341 TEUs, up 15.7% from the year before and 20.6% above the prepandemic level in March 2019, according to Descartes’ most recent global shipping report.

FreightWaves highlights Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that U.S. container import volumes showed continued strength in March, and that volumes in the first half of the month were over 22% higher than a year ago.

Logistics Management speaks to Descartes’ Brian Hodgson on the company’s recent acquisition of OCR Services, which brings additional content and capabilities in export compliance, specifically strong solutions for companies that manufacture and export goods that require export licenses.

The LoadStar highlights Descartes’ acquisition of OCR, which specializes in solutions and content for export compliance and controlled commodities, helping customers automate processes around denied party screening, license procurement and management, and product classification.

The Globe & Mail on Descartes’ acquisition of OCR, which adds OCR’s controlled exports data to Descartes’ extensive global trade content library for customers and partners, such as SAP and Oracle.

SDCE covers Descartes’ acquisition of OCR, which expands Descartes’ extensive global trade content library with controlled exports data for customers and partners.