China
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Ocean shipping
Commentary: Expansion of the Panama Canal benefits global trade
Ben Thrower recently visited the Panama Canal. He writes about the canal's expansion and what that means to global trade…
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Airfreight
Commentary: Great expectations for Beijing’s Daxing Airport – but at what cost?
Cathy Roberson writes about Beijing's new airport - and plans for many new airports in China and what impact they…
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FreightWaves NOW
FreightWaves NOW: China-U.S. ocean container rates up, 2017 spot market returns
Spot rates have fallen back to 2017 levels, but costs are still on the rise for carriers. Plus, ocean container…
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Innovation
China unveils a train that cruises at 373 miles per hour
China has developed a prototype magnetic levitation train that can travel at a maximum speed of 373 mph, and is…
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Asia-Pacific
South East Asian trade smashed by trade tensions and a faltering Chinese economy
Nations in South East Asia are experiencing plunging trade and stumbling economies, analysts say, and they add it is due…
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Economics
Q&A: Economist talks tariff effects on trucking, rail and shipping
Top transportation economist Paul Bingham goes in-depth on trade war freight consequences, both pro and con.
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Asia-Pacific
Port Report: China records solid port throughput growth
Solid growth in China's cargo throughput has been revealed in newly published data. No doubt about it - the country's…
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Airfreight
The next China? There isn’t one…
No single country can absorb the trade flow from China to the U.S., and likely contenders are already growing faster…
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Trucking
World’s largest trailer maker inches closer to a Hong Kong IPO
CIMC Vehicles, the world’s largest maker of specialty truck bodies and trailers as measured by sales volumes, increasingly appears to…
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Airfreight
FedEx is now the world’s policeman, lawsuit says
FedEx sues U.S. Department of Commerce claiming trade restrictions are difficult to meet and places additional burden on common carriers…
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