The pace of imports continues to exceed last year by double digits, according the NRF and Hackett Associates’ Global Port Tracker, growing 21% in July to 2.32 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units. In a marketplace that has been working down excess inventory for the past year, importers are rushing orders to beat any work stoppages at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports this fall, and are also making the decision to get ahead ... Log in to view full article.