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Freight Rates behave differently this decade than they did through previous periods. The prices shippers pay climb, even skyrocket, seemingly with every disruptive event. But freight rates [...]

Last week, we blogged on the opening of the Hormuz Strait, but with the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran feeling tenuous and Iran warning of possible mines in the water and [...]

With the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but shipping traffic through it is reportedly at a trickle. According to a Reuters article by [...]

Competition on the waters of international shipping looks to be shrinking again as the world’s fifth-largest ocean freight carrier, Hapag-Lloyd, made a buyout deal yesterday to acquire the [...]

Are the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden attacks over? News broke this week indicating they’ve stopped, which has enormous implications for international shipping. No Attacks Since Peace Deal Since [...]

Are we finally going to see a return of normalcy for container ships moving through the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea to utilize the Suez Canal in international shipping? Rerouting ships down and [...]

There’s some good news for shippers’ bottom lines where many were worried. Next month, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will start collecting fees on China-built ships [...]

Next month, large fees on Chinese-built ships calling on U.S. ports goes into effect. They’re not going to be as enormous as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer initially [...]

In the wake of surging shipping demand from China to the U.S., Chinese ports are experiencing congestion. That should push transpacific freight rates, which are already climbing fast, to go even [...]

In today's post we round up three international shipping news stories affecting U.S. importers and exporters... The ILA ratifies its new contract, the U.S. Trade Representative proposes big fees [...]

Those importing from Asia, China in particular, will see a dip in capacity from carriers here in February, according to maritime intelligence company eeSea. Blame is falling on carrier alliance [...]

Is it over? We may have finally reached the end of the crisis in the Red Sea. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for over a year. It's caused [...]

There's a big shakeup happening right now with the carrier alliances that dominate global ocean freight shipping, but the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) may throw a wrench in some of the major [...]

It's been a little while since we've checked in on what's happening with freight rates. So let's check out current freight rate changes and trends for U.S. businesses that import goods. See [...]

 This is a guest post by Charlotte Sanders. Peak season freight surcharges have become a major issue for firms in the logistics and supply chain management industry as they navigate the year's [...]

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) cancelled contract negotiations last week. Then the union said its threatened strike, which would start October 1st, is "more likely." That [...]

It's not unprecedented, but we're looking at an early peak season for international shipping this year. Analyzing wide industry reporting, the demand side of ocean freight has picked up in April [...]

While we've made mention of its status in some articles, we haven't done a full update on the Panama Canal situation since a February post. That post was a much needed moment of good news for [...]

CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Rolf Habben Jansen told CNBC that he thinks international shipping’s peak season is going to come early this year. Lori Ann LaRocco reported: “I would also expect that [...]

The situation in the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, forcing ocean freight carriers to route ships away from the Suez Canal, got worse yesterday (Wednesday, March 6th). Antisemitic, Iran-backed Houthi [...]