Tariff two-step: After pause, China-US container traffic increases
Shippers are rushing to bring in stalled China imports following a pause in the U.S.-Sino tariff fight.
Shippers are rushing to bring in stalled China imports following a pause in the U.S.-Sino tariff fight.
Global container traffic is forecast to fall 1% in 2025 due to U.S. tariffs and trade policies, analyst Drewry says, only the third decline in its forecast history.
Tariffs on China imports by the Trump administration led to a collapse in trans-Pacific ocean freight bookings by U.S. importers.
Supply chain visibility provider Vizion is partnering with D&B to launch its new solution, TradeView.
Vizion’s solution allows users to receive tracking updates for all containers across both ocean and rail without a letter of authorization.
“This allows Samsung to set a new bar of service levels for logistics customers, and Vizion supports this through hyperfocus on enhanced visibility technologies,” said Kyle Henderson, co-founder and CEO of Vizion.
Vizion CTO and founder Tyler Hughes breaks down the importance of ocean freight visibility with Revolution Managing Partner David Hall.
“Amazon Web Services makes it easy to host web applications for scalable solutions. We are looking to do the same thing for supply chain software by breaking down the data barriers that stop anyone from building the tools they need to offer better services.”
“There was a lot of flexibility in their API that allowed us to do what we wanted to do with it, compared to others that had a lot of pre-built tools.”