Ocean freight capacity has opened up significantly over the last several months. Congestion reduced globally while demand contracted, but the import volume decline has stabilized. As cargo flows have fallen...
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Will Your Shipping Container Echo in YM ETERNITY? (Yang Ming's Eternity) Divide $20k x 40’ by 11. /// What is the remainder of peak Transpacific freight rates? With once unobtainable...
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Global Labor Unrest Rattling Supply Chains Blink and you could have missed it. A supply chain disaster was averted on September 15th, a day before a date that might have...
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Over the past couple of months, US port congestion has shifted from the West Coast to the East Coast. The decision to shift freight to the east coast became almost...
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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Pricing Power The US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates up by 0.75% in June and again by 0.75% in July to combat inflation that is now at...
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PART TWO Earlier, we discussed how sluggish Chinese manufacturing, an unpredictable peak season, and ILWU labor contract negotiations threatened supply chain stability. If you haven’t already read Part One of...
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PART ONE It’s nothing new. The supply chain is in all kinds of crisis. From sluggish manufacturing in the world’s low-cost manufacturing hub, an unpredictable peak season ahead as terminal...
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You won't Believe How the Chinese Lockdowns will Affect your Shipping Plans The pandemic isn’t over. While life may be getting back to normal for many consumers, workers, and employers,...
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