Amid fears that tariffs and frontloading would slow the peak shipping season, new data from a bellwether U.S. import gateway shows otherwise.
p44 dips its toes in strategic planning, financial forecasting, and shipment execution.
China’s move to cut U.S. soybean purchases in favor of South America could trigger widespread job losses and strain supply chains.
Container spot rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific reverse course as liner operators redeploy Chinese-built ships away from U.S. services ahead of punitive port fees.
Import cargo at U.S. container ports is expected to decline through the end of 2025 despite near-record summer volume.
The Supreme Court will hear a fast-tracked case in November on whether President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs on U.S. trading partners are legal.
Container shipping profits plunged 56% in Q2 on tariffs and shifting trade policies; the forecast remains cautious.
By: Matthew Leffler The views in this piece are solely that of the contributor and do not reflect the opinions of FreightWaves, its staff, or any of its subsidiaries. In a massive court decision, a federal court has stopped five of President Donald Trump’s orders that put tariffs on almost all goods coming into the […]
A U.S. appeals court ruled that most of the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration were unlawful.
The busiest U.S. container ports saw a modest rise for import container volumes in July as shippers raced to beat the Trump administration’s early August tariff deadlines.
Mexico is proposing a 50% tariff on Chinese imports while banning shoe and small-package shipments to align with U.S. trade pressures.
A formal trade framework between the EU and U.S. should stabilize container cargo flows on trans-Atlantic routes, says forwarder Kuehne & Nagel.
More shippers are tapping United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement exemptions to avoid higher duties.
After tariff worries chased up import volumes in July, ocean freight rates have steadily fallen on frontloading, capacity issues.
Container rates on the closely-watched eastbound trans-Pacific fall to their lowest levels since before the Red Sea crisis erupted in 2023.
President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on imported steel and aluminum has been expanded to include products such as auto parts, EV components, railcars, and marine engines.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. saw earnings sag as President Trump’s trade war on China hit trans-Pacific container volumes.
Tariffs could help the Trump administration’s aim to return the US to a manufacturing power, experts say.
New bipartisan legislation aims to get “skin in the game” on trade and tariffs.
Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific braked their slide after tariffs fueled record volumes.
