In April, U.S. ports imported 2,020,197 20-foot equivalent units of containerized cargo, as per data from Descartes Systems Group, a Canadian multinational technology company specializing in logistics software. This is up 9% from March.
Chris Jones, executive VP of industry and services at Descartes, said, “Volumes are showing ‘continued consistency with pre-pandemic volume seasonality.’”
Global volume data published by Container Trades Statistics (CTS) confirmed the same upward trend as Descartes’ data. Numbers released by CTS from March show that global volumes jumped back toward August 2022 levels and North American imports (including Canada and Mexico) rebounded near September levels.