News and Events

Resurgence of Somali pirates creates another ‘danger zone’ for shipping

Thursday April 11, 2024

Shipping disruption and e-commerce demand driving up airfreight rates

Thursday April 4, 2024

Baltimore bridge collapse may cost billions, dramatically disrupt supply chains

Thursday March 28, 2024

Saturday March 16, 2024

Amid debate over rail safety concerns, another Norfolk Southern train derails

Tuesday March 5, 2024

Taiwanese startup Starlux Airlines orders 5 A350 freighters from Airbus

Thursday February 22, 2024

Major delays in cross-border cargo flow after glitch in Mexican customs system

Tuesday February 13, 2024

Scheduling chaos puts carriers under pressure from shippers

Wednesday January 17, 2024

12 Nations Threaten to Hold Houthis Accountable for Red Sea Attacks

Friday January 5, 2024

As warships move into the Red Sea, carriers delay or re-route 100+ box ships

Thursday December 21, 2023

Maersk halts local ship movements following attack

Saturday December 16, 2023

Carriers force through rate hikes and prevent new ‘race to the bottom’

Tuesday December 12, 2023

Carriers roll out new ancillary charges – ‘we’re going to need every dollar’

Wednesday December 6, 2023

FedEx tells pilots to switch to American Airlines feeder operator

Monday November 13, 2023

Maersk cutting 10,000 jobs in face of ‘worsening market conditions’

Monday November 6, 2023

Suez Canal fee hikes set to add to the pressure on Asia-Europe carriers

Tuesday October 31, 2023

Idle tonnage passes a million teu as bigger box ships go into lay-up

Saturday October 21, 2023

2M carriers’ winter schedules see more blankings as demand freezes

Thursday October 12, 2023

Panama Canal restrictions are rerouting LPG shipping flows

Friday September 1, 2023

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Friday June 23, 2023

West Coast container ports hit as labor talks take ominous turn

Monday June 5, 2023

FedEx Express pilots vote overwhelmingly for strike over new contract

Tuesday May 23, 2023

Using smaller airports rather than major hubs can mean a ‘greener’ flight

Tuesday May 16, 2023

Glut of new China-Europe capacity will depress airfreight rates

Saturday May 6, 2023

Panama Canal lowers maximum depth limit on ships due to drought

Friday April 21, 2023

LA-LB outlook darkens as labor unrest briefly shutters ports

Monday April 10, 2023

Precision railroading strategy buckles under US legislative onslaught

Wednesday April 5, 2023

Another rail strike in Germany to add to European freight troubles

Tuesday March 28, 2023

FedEx readjusts air network again amid sharp volume declines

Friday March 17, 2023

Contract rates the key to liner stability, as spot prices continue to fall

Saturday March 11, 2023

Globalisation is over – ‘slowbalisation’ is the new reality

Wednesday March 1, 2023

Containership lay-ups continue to spike as demand slump rolls on

Friday February 24, 2023

Container Fire Continues to Burn at Port of Iskenderun

Wednesday February 8, 2023

Truckers’ positive drug tests up 18% in 2022

Tuesday January 31, 2023

‘Don’t bet against LA’ says Port of LA’s Seroka

Monday January 23, 2023

New China Covid outbreaks wreak havoc on supply chains

Monday December 26, 2022

CMA CGM restricts bookings to South China through January

Friday December 16, 2022

South Korea’s Truckers Resume Strike Blocking Ports and Manufacturing

Tuesday December 6, 2022

Xeneta: Overcapacity and Falling Volumes Will Challenge Market in 2023

Saturday November 26, 2022

After steep September slide, US imports stabilize in October

Saturday November 19, 2022

Improved shipping reliability adds to retailer woes as more stock pours in

Friday November 18, 2022

Air cargo market continues to deflate under global economic pressures

Wednesday November 9, 2022

Euro ports brace for more throughput declines as carriers blank more sailings

Thursday October 27, 2022

Container-ship logjams off US ports finally easing as imports fall

Saturday October 15, 2022

If supply chain crunch is finally easing, why is inflation so high?

Monday October 3, 2022

Ports, carriers prep for disasters — everything from hurricanes to fires

Tuesday September 27, 2022

We haven’t completely dodged a ‘disastrous’ rail strike, rail workers say

Friday September 16, 2022

Potential second Felixstowe strike may overlap with Liverpool walkout

Monday September 12, 2022

New York/New Jersey delays implementation of fee for lingering containers

Wednesday September 7, 2022

Carriers unveil blanking programmes to prop up rates as peak season sags

Thursday September 1, 2022

Strike at Port of Felixstowe Set to Upend Supply Chains

Monday August 22, 2022

BNSF, UP metering inland containers from LA-LB

Thursday July 28, 2022

German dockers begin two-day strike adding to congestion woes

Thursday July 14, 2022

There’s still over $40B in cargo on container ships waiting offshore

Saturday July 9, 2022

California ports piling up again: Too many containers sitting too long

Friday July 8, 2022

US importers urge White House to steer west coast labour talks to conclusion

Friday June 10, 2022

California harbor truckers warn of 2023 drayage shortage

Wednesday June 1, 2022

As Shanghai reopens, intermodal operators will be in ‘unchartered waters’

Wednesday May 25, 2022

Growing shortage of diesel prompts fears of rationing and haulage job losses

Wednesday May 18, 2022

Carriers ramp up blank sailings as China lockdowns persist

Wednesday May 11, 2022

Cargo diversions from Shanghai start to clog-up other major Chinese airports

Wednesday April 20, 2022

Stuck for a month in the Chesapeake, Ever Forward to use full moon to free ship

Saturday April 16, 2022

Lack of equipment spurs rail crisis at West Coast ports

Tuesday April 5, 2022

Shanghai’s 2-stage COVID lockdown may make getting containers ‘almost impossible’

Friday April 1, 2022

US shippers bracing for fuel cost hikes amid oil market volatility

Friday March 25, 2022

East Coast ports about to get slammed by a lot more ships

Monday March 21, 2022

Hapag-Lloyd faces cyberthreat after criminals create fake website

Monday March 14, 2022

Specter of US West Coast labor unrest looms over TPM22

Sunday March 6, 2022

Suez Canal toll hike: ‘Global trade just got more expensive’

Tuesday March 1, 2022

Supply chain whack-a-mole: West Coast eases, East Coast worsens

Thursday February 24, 2022

Why war in Ukraine could be catastrophic for container shipping

Wednesday February 16, 2022

Truckers scale back blockade at US-Canada border, let some traffic resume

Friday February 4, 2022

Asia-USWC spot rates spike as Chinese New Year holiday looms

Saturday January 22, 2022

COVID dominoes fall in China; air and sea shipments delayed

Tuesday January 11, 2022

LA port pressures ocean carriers to remove empty containers faster

Monday January 3, 2022

Maersk to buy Hong Kong-based LF Logistics for $3.6B

Friday December 24, 2021

Los Angeles import volume sinks as shipping traffic jam worsens,

Friday December 17, 2021

Congested US airports push trans-Pacific air cargo rate to record high

Friday December 3, 2021

California ship pileup still piling up — but out of sight, over horizon

Friday November 26, 2021

Torrential rain washes out roads and railways, cutting links from Vancouver port

Friday November 19, 2021

Truckers tired of taking blame for congestion crisis at California ports

Wednesday November 3, 2021

Spot rates ease, but ‘no reason’ to expect quick return to pre-pandemic levels

Saturday October 23, 2021

No end in sight for China power crisis as pressure grows on supply chains

Monday October 18, 2021

Trucking loses jobs amid warehousing, transit gains

Friday October 8, 2021

US importers rush to new transport capacity levers

Friday October 1, 2021

FMC’s first move in crackdown on ‘excessive and inappropriate’ D&D charges

Monday September 20, 2021

Loss of effective container capacity driving record spot rates

Thursday September 9, 2021

Grim outlook for intermodal as an alternative to ‘maxed-out’ US truck market

Friday September 3, 2021

Carriers divert vessels from Ningbo, as fears of ‘another Yantian’ grow

Thursday August 12, 2021

US ports face peak-season ‘gridlock plus’ as anchorages fill

Sunday August 1, 2021

Typhoon brings more supply chain chaos in China, closing air, sea and rail hubs

Wednesday July 28, 2021

UP temporarily stopping eastbound container service to Chicago,

Friday July 16, 2021

‘I paid ridiculous charges, my cargo still got rolled and the carrier wanted more’

Sunday June 27, 2021

Mounting evidence that container crunch will persist until 2022

Wednesday June 23, 2021

Major shipping firms warn of worsening congestion at China’s Yantian port

Friday June 4, 2021

Brace for impact: Data shows US import demand still rising

Friday May 7, 2021

Egypt Seizes Ever Given Ship in Suez Canal, Demands Compensation

Monday April 19, 2021

Evergreen container ship blocks Suez Canal traffic

Thursday March 25, 2021

Ports Continue to Set Records; Congestion Worsens on West Coast

Tuesday February 23, 2021

Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines

Tuesday January 26, 2021

Container shortages the biggest disrupter: where are all the empty boxes?

Sunday January 17, 2021

Liners highly unlikely to slash service for Chinese New Year

Friday January 8, 2021

Trans-Pacific shipping rates just popped to new all-time high

Wednesday December 30, 2020

Demand growing for priority trans-Pacific services from Vietnam

Saturday December 19, 2020

Shippers brace for wave of carrier charges as service suffers

Saturday December 5, 2020

Huge congestion at ports across Asia, Australia, and the USA

Wednesday November 25, 2020

Container shortage crisis spreads to intra-Asia trades, driving prices higher

Sunday November 15, 2020

Holiday ‘shipageddon’ update: Container sector scrambling

Friday October 30, 2020

Container slots sell out, risking holiday ‘shipageddon’

Tuesday October 20, 2020

Transpacific carriers pile on extra tonnage as US west coast imports soar

Tuesday October 6, 2020

US shippers feel the pain as rail and road freight rates soar

Sunday September 27, 2020

3PLs frustrated by ocean service contracted rate upheaval

Wednesday September 16, 2020

Shippers’ ocean freight budgets ‘about to explode’ as rates hit new highs

Sunday August 30, 2020

Demand driving transpacific prices sky high, with Asia-Europe benefiting too

Sunday August 16, 2020

Trans-Pacific ‘going crazy’ as demand defies pandemic pessimists

Saturday August 15, 2020

Airfreight rates expected to shoot up by September

Friday July 31, 2020

European exporters still up against it, but equipment shortages are easing

Saturday July 18, 2020

Crew crisis is on verge of becoming global trade crisis

Tuesday June 23, 2020

U.S. to Halt Chinese Airlines’ Flight Access as Relations Fray

Friday June 5, 2020

Lufthansa to get €9bn bailout, but state wants 20% and seats on the board

Saturday May 23, 2020

Covid-19 impact on airlines sees interest in freighter conversion take off

Friday May 1, 2020

Grim prospects for box carriers as collapse of demand weakens balance sheets

Saturday April 18, 2020

WTO: Coronavirus crisis could rival Great Depression

Friday April 10, 2020

Forwarders accuse $13/kg freighter airlines of ‘profiteering’ from Covid crisis

Friday April 3, 2020

COVID-19 Freight Update: US ports, warehouses stay open

Thursday March 26, 2020

US Department of Transportation Expands National Emergency Declaration for Commercial Vehicles Delivering Relief in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Friday March 20, 2020

Coronavirus: Trump suspends travel from Europe to US

Thursday March 12, 2020

Air Freight Rates Soar

Tuesday March 3, 2020

Coronavirus hits India’s shipping, while empty containers get scarcer

Thursday February 27, 2020

White House forms China trade deal watchdog office

Wednesday February 19, 2020

Slowing Chinese demand due to coronavirus hits oil prices

Thursday February 6, 2020

Panama Canal aims to keep volume gains fueled by West Coast congestion

Tuesday January 14, 2020

Walmart and JB Hunt join customer list for Tesla’s new all-electric Semi truck

Tuesday January 14, 2020

Trump Hits China With Tariffs on $200 Billion in Goods, Escalating Trade War

Tuesday January 14, 2020

Trump to Delay Tariff Increases on Chinese Imports

Wednesday January 8, 2020