US Port Update - How Will the Trade War Impact US Ports? 
May 4, 2025

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — updates the situation with US ports as of May 4, 2025, and reviews an interview with Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles with Bloomberg TV.

#supplychain #containers #tariffs #ports #containerships

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Trade Wars: Port of Los Angeles Says Imports Are Dropping
https://youtu.be/PdGzwetSLaE?si=1WMA2biCuYMZ-eFY

Fstoppers: Why Trump's Tariffs Haven't Affected Us... YET
https://youtu.be/tbD-sQXAeCg?si=gnJsjEUibUfhJy82

The CEO Who Says an Asteroid Is Coming to Destroy America’s Businesses
https://www.wsj.com/business/tariffs-china-ryan-petersen-small-business-35f99669?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

IMF Portwatch
https://portwatch.imf.org/

Latest Supply Chain and Freight Indicators
https://www.bts.gov/freight-indicators#outside

Port of Los Angeles Cargo Operations Dashboard
https://www.portoflosangeles.org/business/operations

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