Container Shortages, Record Freight Rates, & Fees, Oh My!
The peak season continues to be strong, especially for transpacific ocean freight shipping. And surprise, surprise, equipment shortages are reported to have come with the strong peak [...]
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Containerships & Optimism Return to Ocean Freight Market
If you go on Facebook and scroll through, you'll probably find a lot of people bemoaning 2020 as a terrible year. For ocean freight carriers, on the other hand, 2020 has been one of the greatest [...]
In carriers, container shipping, Container Shipping & Transport, freight rates, Global Business, Global Economy, ocean shipping, peak season
Posted Crazy Pandemic Peak Season & Freight Rates
A month ago, Greg Miller reported in an American Shipper article that not only had freight rates finally stopped rising but they also had dropped a bit. He posed the question, "Is this a new [...]
In carrier alliances, carriers, freight rates, fuel, fuel prices, international business, International Shipping, shippers
Posted ONE Posts 3,000% Profit Increase, Signalling Peak Season & Raising Shippers’ Eyebrows
Reporting is starting to come in on the first quarter of the financial year for carriers. Ocean Network Express (ONE), formed a few years ago when Japan's big three ocean carriers – K Line, MOL, [...]
4 Lessons for Mitigating Supply Chain Disruption During a Pandemic
This is a guest post by David Madden. Few things will disrupt your supply chain operations like a global pandemic. Unlike a natural disaster and other public health emergencies, pandemics are [...]
In carrier alliances, carriers, container shipping, export, import, international business, International Shipping, shippers
Posted No-Roll Premiums Are Like Holding Cargo for Ransom
No-roll premiums? What's that? Hopefully, as a shipper, you've never heard of a no-roll premium. Unfortunately, many shippers are finding out about them right now as they're being forced to [...]
In business tips, exporters, freight forwarders, Global Business, importers, international business, International Shipping, Maersk, MSC, Supply Chain
Posted Beware International Shipping & Business Fraud During COVID-19 Crisis
The apparent cyber attack on MSC spotlights the increased risk of fraud, cyber attack, and cargo theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the middle of all this highly increased working remotely [...]
