Pause and effect: Container rates await new demand
After China and the United States paused tariffs, ocean shippers and carriers watch and wait to see how demand develops.
After China and the United States paused tariffs, ocean shippers and carriers watch and wait to see how demand develops.
On Episode 837 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is coming back from Mother’s Day with news on a U.S.-China trade deal. With the U.S. dropping tariffs from 145% to 30%, will it save the summer freight market? We’ll find out why freight leaders are bullish. Vincent Carrano at Fenichey LLC shares why he recently FreightGuarded […]
The Port of Virginia wants container shippers to know that it’s not beholden to China.
The 90-day tariff pause is likely to provide a bump to transportation rates as shippers take advantage of the new window.
The Trump administration said on Sunday it has reached a trade deal with China after two days of negotiations in Geneva.
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The world’s dominant supplier of container gantry cranes has told the Trump administration that a proposed 100% tax on its equipment will damage the U.S. economy.
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The parent of Maersk, the second-largest ocean container carrier, revised its full-year box outlook, saying tariffs could cut global volumes by 1% from a year ago.
The Trump administration is considering slashing the 145% tariff on Chinese imports to as low as 50%, according to a newspaper report.
President Donald Trump’s trade agreement with the UK aims to increase access for products from both countries.
With so many fingers pointed at so many targets, the Q1 GDP data must have been an absolute disaster, right? Well, no.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday there’s nothing Canada’s prime minister could say to immediately eliminate trade tariffs imposed on Canadian goods.
The Hobby Industry Coalition seeks targeted refinements to what it sees as crippling tariffs.
Expeditors’ earnings show how it benefited from tariff-related chaos in the first quarter.
An analyst says moves by shippers to redirect China exports and by carriers to blank sailings will only shore up container rates in the short term.
On episode 834 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is hosting an Ask Me Anything with ShipHero’s Aaron Rubin all about tariffs. They’re getting into questions about: -Tariff fraud -Bonded warehouses -TikTok knockoffs – Death of de minimis – Toys and consoles are already passing on costs to consumers, will your daughter only get 2 dolls […]
Southern California is at the epicenter of freight coming from China. Domestic demand patterns have not changed much since “Liberation Day,” but no one expects this to last.
Carload volumes for North American railroads are still running ahead of year-ago levels.
West Coast politicians and port executives warned that President Trump’s tariffs will have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. economy.