U.S. West Coast Ports to See More than $1 Billion in Growth, Upgrade Projects over Next 12 Months

SUGAR LAND--August 2, 2016--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Ports on the U.S. West Coast have returned this year to annual cargo traffic growth of 5% after a slowdown in 2014-15 as a result of labor problems, according to Profreight (Edison, New Jersey), an import/export services provider. Imports drive container shipments in the U.S., and in recent years, West Coast ports have handled 50% of the nation's containerized imports. Within this article: Details of four large West Coast port projects.