L.A. Drifters Through a haze of bunker fuel shrouding harbors worldwide, the shipping industry’s zero carbon future is coming into view. A hard line is being drawn by both insiders…
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Steaming Away With Shippers’ Margins If it feels like there’s a freight rate hike every few minutes, you’re not off base. COVID has exposed the stranglehold the three main ocean…
What Do Typhoons, Congestion, and Delta All Have In Common? …They all have led to delays and exacerbated congestion that keeps the entire shipping industry in crisis. 2021 has been…
More Congestion, More Surcharges It’s no secret that Trans-Pacific shipping is getting more and more expensive. There is widespread and legitimate fear and frustration from shippers across the globe that…
Cold, Cold Consolidation Over the last decade, you may not have noticed the shrinking number of carriers that booked your container freight. Shipping line mergers and alliances throughout the decade…
Freight Wait Summer You might have noticed that summer is in full swing! #vaccinated is trending, cities are opening up, and mask mandates are easing. After almost two years of…
Long-Tail Risk? There Is No ‘Normal’ Distribution Anymore In 2021, regional bottlenecks have wreaked havoc on global trade. The shock of events like the Suez blockage and the ongoing COVID…
Have You Covered Your Long-Tail Risk? If 2020 has taught the world anything, it’s if things can go wrong, they will go wrong. In the spirit of that, we want…
