Backed up ports and the Suez Canal fiasco are just surface problems. When things go wrong in this business, they go seriously wrong. To read more, click here.
The state of global container congestion continues to roil supply chains right across the world. To read the full article, click here.
Two federal maritime commissioners are raising the alarm about challenges that American exporters face in getting their cargoes onto outbound container vessels, citing "reports that ocean carr…
The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, Michael A. Khouri, said Tuesday that the FMC is responding to complaints that ocean carriers... Click here for the full article.
Metrostudy/Zonda projects remodeling activity will see quarterly declines beginning in the first quarter of 2021. Click here for the full article.
Global container shortage drives spike in shipping rates, but brings windfall for Chinese manufacturers. Click here for full article.
Secondhand container prices surge on Asian box shortage
US shippers feel the pain as rail and road freight rates soar Ian Putzger, Americas correspondent https://theloadstar.com/us-shippers-feel-the-pain-as-rail-and-road-freight-rates-soar/
Full Steam Ahead for U.S. Commerce Means Vital Economic Support By Vince Golle (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-22/full-steam-ahead-for-u-s-commerce-means-vital-econ…
Low retail inventories boost transpacific demand Lloyds List James Baker | Tuesday, 22 September 2020 https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1133959/Low-retail-inventories-boost…
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