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Container rates on key trans-Pacific routes accelerated their decline as China and the U.S. escalated their trade war.

The Port of Los Angeles, despite lower September imports, posted an all-time record quarter for container volume.

Australia Post is investing heavily in its e-commerce logistics business, including parcel hubs and local delivery stations.

Postal networks could be a good alternative direct-to-consumer shipping option to the U.S. for some shippers dealing with complicated and expensive new tariff rules, as the backlog at UPS warehouses demonstrates.

Labor criticizes California Governor Gavin Newsom after he vetoed a bill to limit public funding for port automation.

China won’t collect port fees on Chinese-built U.S. cargo vessels.

Canada Post is operating again after a national strike by workers, but new rolling strikes by the union are creating delivery outages and complicating logistical plans.

China announced sanctions on the U.S. units of a South Korean company aiding U.S. shipbuilding.

Global container traffic posted strong results in August, with North America a notable exception, according to newly-released data. 

The United States is threatening penalties ranging from port fees to barring ships from entry on nations that back a controversial carbon tax on ships’ emissions.

The United States Trade Representative has added new tariffs of 100% on Chinese-made ship-to-shore container cranes and 150% on cranes used to move containers around terminals. 

Canada Post says it will restart operations sometime next week after unionized mail carriers shifted from a national to rotating strikes, but warned of ongoing service disruptions.

China will levy port fees on U.S.-flagged and -owned ships, the latest escalation in the trade war with the United States.

A Danish diplomat said shipping giant Maersk is closely following events in the Middle East as it eyes a return to the Suez Canal.

September import data shows resilient demand despite tariff effects that caused steep declines in a number of key goods categories. 

Containerized imports are likely to take a hit from earlier-than-normal stocking up by retailers and expanding tariffs through the remainder of 2025, a trade group predicts.

Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific fall by double-digits as ocean shipping braces for new U.S. port fees. 

FedEx has consolidated its parcel operations and moved into a bigger air freight terminal in Detroit.

Plans to end the war in Gaza should help global shipping return to the Suez Canal in 2025, the waterway’s chief said.

Striking Canada Post workers are angered by the company’s new contract offer because it is worse than the previous one and calls for job reductions as part of a major downsizing plan.