Retailers anticipate a jolly November for U.S. ports, with the National Retail Federation predicting that containerized imports will increase 8.3 percent over November 2014. Furthermore, last-minute importers of holiday merchandise should experience little if any port congestion.
November 2014 was one of the slowest months of the year on the West Coast, with containerized imports 12 percent lower than in the previous month, according to container volume numbers posted on the website of the Pacific Maritime Association. Therefore, November’s projection is benchmarked off of a weak November 2014, at least on the West Coast.
