El tráfico de julio en Los Ángeles aumentó un 5% con respecto al año anterior. Las importaciones suben un 3% interanual y un 9% respecto a junio
With East Coast ship queues high, port executive Gene Seroka says: “For cargo owners looking to rechart their course, come to Los Angeles.”
Yang Ming’s newest 11,000-TEU container ship will call the Port of Los Angeles on its maiden voyage.
There’s no wave of containers coming to rescue U.S. freight markets. Booking data shows that U.S. imports are cratering.
‘Right now, we don’t see a huge buildup of volumes because of the closedown in Shanghai,’ reports Maersk CEO Soren Skou.
The Shanghai lockdown isn’t following the same supply chain script as the big Chinese disruptions of 2020 and 2021.
The trans-Pacific container trade is vastly different than pre-pandemic, with more ships, more competition, and a new leader: Maersk.
Liner company Zim expects to rake in a billion dollars more this year than in record-setting 2021.
Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund explains how carrier negotiating power has changed the annual contracting equation.
Long-term contract rates are at record highs. Shipping lines hold all the cards at the negotiating table.
Accusations fly as shipping lines rake in billions, but the numbers imply more carrier competition, not less.
SoCal imports suffering multimonth slide, not because of falling demand, but because of supply chain bottlenecks.
How could the consensus — that container spot rates will remain extremely high — be wrong?
There has never been a year like this for container shipping. Here are the biggest stories of 2021.
Import demand remains exceptionally strong but volumes through America’s largest port are falling.
SoCal port crunch “has really become as bad as it’s ever been,” reports industry veteran Jon Monroe.
After brief reprieve, trans-Pacific shipping rates head back up, pointing to ongoing supply chain pressure.
Record number of container ships waiting but they’re harder to see, as new plan spreads queue across Pacific.
Trans-Pacific container shipping rates remain exceptionally strong despite a dip earlier this month.
It’s no coincidence that spiking trans-Pacific trade coincides with more boxes overboard and more shipping accidents.
