Trans-Pacific trade lane
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Container
California port pileup leaves old records in the dust
How does California congestion rank versus 2015 logjam caused by tensions with dockworkers union? It’s not even close: 2021 wins by a long shot.
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New video shows massive scope of California box-ship traffic jam
Here’s a helicopter view courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard of container-ship armada off Los Angeles and Long Beach (WITH VIDEO).
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Importers face massive hike in ocean contract costs
Container lines score huge negotiating advantage as spot-rate surge set to persist through annual contract season.
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Container
Trans-Pacific trade crashes into max-capacity ceiling
Asia-U.S. liner sailings are now being canceled because too many container ships are stuck at anchor off California.
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News
Inside California’s colossal container-ship traffic jam
There are more container ships stuck off California than at any time since 2004. What’s behind the pileup? When can it be cleared?
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Maritime
Trans-Pacific shipping rates just popped to new all-time high
Asia-U.S. container rates had held firm at a record high since September. Now they’re on the move again — and headed even higher.
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Container
Container shipping 2021: Hangover or party on?
Container imports far exceed sales, raising concerns that 2020’s transport binge could lead to a big headache in 2021.
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Maritime
Q&A: Flexport on 2021, container crunch and liner pricing coup
The trans-Pacific surge will persist through Q1 and January could see all-time-high container volumes, predicts Flexport’s Nerijus Poskus.
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Maritime
The mystery of the frozen trans-Pacific spot rates
Trans-Pacific spot index rates haven’t budged from the same peak band for the past 10 weeks. How is this possible in a competitive free market?
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Maritime
Trans-Pacific boom likely to last until March or longer (with video)
There will be no letup in booming container imports in 2020. The only question now is how long it lasts into 2021.
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