" Yet despite the backlogs, retail imports are still relatively high. NRF’s and Hackett Associates’ monthly global port tracker determined that U.S. ports covered by their report handled 2.27 million twenty-foot equivalent units in August, which is 3.5% up from July and 7.8% higher than August 2020.
August’s volumes also tied with March as being the second-busiest month since NRF started tracking imports in 2002, NRF said. First place goes to May, which saw 2.33 million TEUs handled during the month. "
- Freight Waves
