Logistics Management features insights from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, which shows annual and sequential gains for United States-bound container imports driven, in large part, by imports from China.

Bloomberg cites data from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that China’s share of U.S. container imports in 2023 fell to 37.2%, the lowest since 2005 and down from a 2018 peak of 44.6%. Over that same period, Vietnam’s share increased more than sixfold to 8.3%.

Wall Street Journal examines the uptick in U.S. freight activity to start 2024, citing the highest month-over-month growth in container imports in seven years, according to Descartes’ latest global shipping report, as a sign of rising demand.

gCaptain shares insights from Descartes latest global shipping report, which shows December U.S. container import volume was up nearly 10% compared to the same month last year and that no impacts of Red Sea shipping disruptions were evident in the latest data, though impacts could start to be felt this month.

Food Logistics features key findings from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, including December’s 0.4% gain in U.S. import volumes over November 2023 and that overall volumes in 2023 were beyond what the market anticipated last January.

AJOT covers Descartes’ latest global shipping report for logistics and supply chain professionals, which shows December U.S. container imports were down 9.2% from the year before but up 0.4% from November 2023, leaving annual U.S. import volume down 11.7% last year compared with 2022.