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INCREASED TRANSLOADING OF merchandise
imports from marine containers to domestic
containers and trailers at major US seaports
— rising from 52 percent of total intermodal
volume through Los Angeles-Long Beach to
58 percent in five years — is reshaping con-
tainerized supply chains.
Data accumulated by industry analysts
and industrial real estate experts reveal that
Bigger ships and rapid growth
in e-commerce are triggering increasing
transloading activity near US ports and
redefining industrial real estate strategies
By Bill Mongelluzzo
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