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'We Currently Have No Container Ships,' Seattle Port Says

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232 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 10 May 25 15:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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snozolli ◴[10 May 25 17:23 UTC] No.43947299[source]▶
I find it odd that recent articles are always about the Port of Seattle. From a quick Google search, it looks like the busiest US ports are Los Angeles, Long Beach, Port of New York, Port of Savannah, then Port of Seattle. As of 2018, the Port of Los Angeles alone was almost 3x busier than the Port of Seattle.

Not that it isn't worth noting, but I'm much more interested in overall volume across all of the nation's ports, and especially the West Coast ports.

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1. firesteelrain ◴[10 May 25 17:58 UTC] No.43947578[source]▶
This shows port traffic increasing by 56% when compared to the prior year for the time period of May 18-24 based on the number of scheduled vessels and twenty foot equivalent unit (TEU). What's really going on if tariffs were having a major detrimental impact?
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2. 9283409232 ◴[10 May 25 18:44 UTC] No.43947897[source]▶
The uptick can be explained by this story[0]. As trade talks begin, exporters want to be ready to begin shipping ASAP. It remains to be seen if this will volume will come through depending on the results of these trade talks and tariffs.

[0] https://gcaptain.com/as-trade-talks-begin-chinese-exporters-...