Turning up the volume

摘要

After a tough 2009 for major U.S. ports' traffic, 2010's early going might include three straight months of container volume gains, according to the "Port Tracker" report released Dec. 22 by the National Retail Federation and IHS Global Insight.rnVolume in 2009 was projected to total 12.6 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), which would represent a 17 percent decline from 2008's volume of 15.2 million TEUs and the lowest annual output since 2003.