Container rates on the Asia-U.S. trade lane surged as shippers rushed early peak- season traffic and carriers announced general rate increases, according to SONAR and Freightos data.
The largest U.S. railroad is taking a customer-focused approach as it deploys technology across it 32,000-mile system.
Two of the co-authors of “Zero Point Four” said the U.S. maritime industry is lagging behind China, which is leading to national security challenges.
The pause in tariffs will boost containerized imports through U.S. ports this summer, according to the National Retail Federation, but at lower levels than a year ago.
Four sailors are missing and five were injured after an explosion aboard a Singapore-flagged container ship off the coast of India.
Carload freight showed solid growth in May, but a marked decline in containers and trailers signals caution for the second half of this year.
Trac Intermodal is positioning its leading fleet of 200,000 chassis to support a tariff pause-fueled surge of import containers.
Container rates continue to soar, says Xeneta, as shippers look to take advantage of the pause in the China-U.S. tariff fight.
Freightos Baltic Index container rates showing the effects of the China-U.S. tariff break and carrier rate hikes.
The Port of New York-New Jersey saw April container volumes rise 6% from the same month a year ago.
Two weeks after a strike ended, long delays are still affecting operations at Mexico’s Port of Manzanillo.
The American Association of Port Authorities said cuts to EPA anti-pollution programs will hurt jobs and weaken the U.S. maritime sector.
Liner operator CMA CGM and launch customer Nike are partnering on an electric barge project in Vietnam.
Retaliatory tariffs from trading partners, like China’s response to the retaliatory tariffs, could linger, complicating cross-border freight.
A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration in temporarily staying a ruling that blocked most of the president’s tariffs.
Freight on U.S. railroads posted another win against year-ago shipments.
In the calm before the surge, BNSF is confident its network can handle the coming wave of import containers from Asia.
Carriers are pushing for big increases in the Asia-U.S. trade, but it remains to be seen how desperate shippers are to secure capacity, says a Xeneta analyst.
French container line CMA CGM is partnering with Saigon Newport Corp. on a $600 million container terminal project in northern Vietnam.
Maersk (OTC: AMKBY) and Hapag-Lloyd (OTC: HPGLY) announced new container services from East Asia to the U.S. Port of Long Beach. The additions by the Gemini Cooperation partners, which include the redeployment of at least one ship back into the eastbound trans-Pacific to U.S. West Coast trade, come as carriers scale up during a 90-day […]
