Port Tracker report signals a slow return to more normalized import freight flows

Leveraging a theme of improvement, following a tentative West Coast port labor dispute agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) reached in late February, the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates painted a positive picture, with import cargo levels at U.S.-based retail container ports slowly getting back to normal levels.