Tight container market, COVID-19 pandemic concerns and sufficient network capacity are among top concerns of some grain shippers.
Maersk confirms that cargo demand looks strong through year-end, bucking the usual seasonal trend.
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Hapag-Lloyd sees strength until “at least Chinese New Year” and a challenge to “get containers where they need to be.”
There are not enough containers in China to handle all the U.S.-bound cargo — and box factories are now sold out into Q2.
Alibaba is a massive online shopping platform, but it also wants to be a dominant logistics provider around the world. It now covers Japan.
The one-two punch of the Pfizer vaccine and Joe Biden’s victory will affect container and tanker shipping in multiple ways.
The trans-Pacific capacity crunch continues. Container volume that’s either inbound to Los Angeles or stuck at anchorage is surging.
U.S.-listed carrier reveals the latest on trans-Pacific holiday rush, restocking, e-commerce spike and port congestion.
The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
The trans-Pacific market is bursting at the seams as shippers rush in holiday cargoes.
More recovery signals: container lease pricing up over 50% versus second quarter, new container prices up 40% year-to-date.
High cost of repositioning reefer equipment is hitting food exporters hard amid ongoing tariff fallout.
German forwarder says acquisition will expand its global business in handling nonhazardous bulk liquids such as alcoholic beverages and edible oils.
The ocean container industry association files an agreement with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to ensure its collective activities do not violate the Shipping Act.
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from ocean carriers.
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On a collision course: holiday timing, surging consumer demand, thin inventories, and capacity constraints for container liners and ports.
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The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
