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Eastbound container movement from 18 economies in Asia to the U.S. was brisk in March 2015, surging 28.1% from a year earlier to 1,337,381 TEUs and substantially exceeding the previous March record of 1,055,112 TEUs made in 2007, according to a report released recently by the Japan Maritime Center (JMC). The negotiations between labor and management at ports in the west coast of North America had come to a conclusion, making the ship congestions and delays in cargo handling being to return toward normal. In the first quarter (January-March), container traffic increased 4.3% to 3,452,776 TEUs, achieving a year-on-year improvement for the seventh consecutive term.
Looking at containers moved from Asia to the U.S. in March by origin in East Asia, those from China grew from a year earlier for the first time in three months, jumping 34.8% to 851,570 TEUs, according to the same JMC report, which was compiled with statistical data provided by the Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS) of America. They held a share of 64% of the pie. Shipments from South Korea and Taiwan went up 11.6% to 69,127 TEUs ad 32.5% to 63,598 TEUs, respectively. Exports from Japan rose 5.1% to 61,589 TEUs, making a year-on-year increase for the first time in three months. Containers from Southeast Asia soared 16.5% to 72,821 TEUs in total.
