Of the top US seaports, Los Angeles/Long Beach, New York/New Jersey, Miami, Seattle/Tacoma, which is expected to dominate in the years to come given the major proposed developments in port and canal infrastructure?
Will constant congestion issues at the port of Los Angeles eventually cause it the top spot? NVO's are currently offering shippers and importers expanded services from the port of Miami to offset the current West Coast congestion.
The US Panama canal expansion is expected to be completed in 2016 and would be able to accommodate the new mega ships from the Pacific. The port of Seattle Tacoma has a proposed transportation renovation package aimed at speeding the movement of cargo. By far the most drastic change will be the proposed Chinese-backed Nicaragua canal with a 5 year completion date. If and when completed, a second canal would provide twice the volume of ships to the East Coast and Gulf ports. This canal is expected to accommodate ever larger tankers, many of which are too large for the Panama Canal, even after its 2016 expansion.
The constant West Coast disruption of cargo flow every few years may eventually be a thing of the past when the various alternate options become available to shippers and importers