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U.S. Footwear Imports. Source: PIERS
US Containerized Footwear Imports Climb for Second Straight Quarter
U.S. Footwear Imports. Source: PIERS
US Containerized Footwear Imports Up in First Quarter
U.S. containerized imports from Central America and the Caribbean. Source: PIERS
US Imports From Central America and the Caribbean Continue to Climb

Press Releases

Caribbean Shipowners Association adopts guideline for peak-season surcharge
Container Lines
Caribbean Shipowners Association U.S. Security Increase
Container Lines
Seaboard Marine Works to Raise Awareness for Fading Plant Species
Seaboard Marine
Intermarine, LLC promotes Fernando Maruri to Director, Latin America Sales
International Freight Shipping
NYK Car Carrier Rescues Four Rowers in the Atlantic
NYK Line
Inmar Realigns for Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility and Insight
Maritime News

Pandemic disruption gives way to lingering congestion in Central Am/Carib trade

28 Nov 2022
Central America and Caribbean trade has largely recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to healthy peak season demand, but port congestion and labor issues continue to cause intermittent delays.
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CMA CGM revamps US-Latin America network amid transshipment delays
10 Oct 2022
CMA CGM will reconfigure its current services connecting the US Gulf with Brazil in November and commence a new string between the US East Coast and West Coast of South America in December.
Strong perishables exports spur South America–Asia capacity hikes
24 Jun 2022
Carriers are deploying extra capacity and launching new services to accommodate strong exports of produce and seafood from the west coast of South America to Asia and the Mediterranean.
JOC Rankings: US–Carib/Central America trade tumbles in 2020
30 Nov 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on demand in the United States and the Caribbean and Central America caused two-way trade between the regions to contract in the first nine months of 2020.
Terminal technology helps Crowley adapt to need for speed
03 Aug 2020
Crowley Maritime’s switch to lift-on lift-off vessels a decade ago didn’t pay full dividends until it adopted an aligned terminal operating system to support its grounded operations at its hubs in Florida and Puerto Rico.
2M latest shipping alliance slashing trans-Pacific capacity
02 Apr 2020
As consumer demand in the US plummets due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), trans-Pacific carriers are suspending entire strings in addition to blanking additional sailings from Asia in the second quarter.
US–Carib/Central America trade slips for first time in four years
22 Nov 2019
Growth in US imports from the Caribbean and Central America was unable to offset a decline in exports in the first nine months of 2019.
Ex-WWL executive tapped as next AAPA chief
21 Jun 2019
A veteran executive with more than 35 years of experience will take the helm of the AAPA this Fall.
Sealand launches new dedicated US-Caribbean loop
Sealand launches new dedicated US-Caribbean loop
11 Jun 2019
The Maersk subsidiary line will begin a weekly service connecting Port Everglades to the Dominican Republic and Haiti in July, adding to the nearly 1 million TEU the port already handles from the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
New service fueling Savannah port’s reefer growth
09 May 2019
The first Central American vessel as part of two vessel strings from Seaboard Marine to the US East coast visited Savannah this week, a growing trade lane that has generated a 70 percent increase in imports in Georgia since 2014.
Kingston Freeport Terminal.
Caribbean port expansions add to overcapacity
26 Nov 2018
The merits of Caribbean ports’ terminal overbuild depends on one’s stake. It's good news for container lines considering hub options in the Caribbean Basin but bad news for terminal operators seeking to entice them.