It’s no secret that international shippers will move their freight through ports where they get the best service at the lowest price. Otherwise, it doesn’t really matter to them which ports their containers pass through en route to the final U.S. destination.
So, why the uproar with west coast Canadian ports getting some additional containerized transpacific cargo that would have traditionally transited a U.S. West Coast port? That’s the purpose of a recently announced Federal Maritime Commission study.
