Freight Market Update: September 28, 2021
Transpacific congestion worsens with roughly 70 vessels waiting at LA/Long Beach and 150 at Shanghai and Ningbo as peak season demand persists.
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Freight Market Update: September 7, 2021
Transpacific capacity stayed constrained against peak-season demand as shippers paid record premiums amid labor strains, congestion, and COVID disruptions.
Freight Market Update: August 24, 2021
Peak season strains Transpacific capacity through Chinese New Year 2022 as delays, congestion, and blank sailings keep space tight and rates high.
Freight Market Update: August 17, 2021
Carriers restrict TPEB bookings on IPI corridors as a COVID outbreak shuts a Ningbo terminal, underscoring fragile transpacific capacity in August 2021.
Freight Market Update: June 29, 2021
Transpacific markets climbed into peak season with port congestion, blank sailings, and rate hikes, as Convoy extended Flexport's full truckload network.
Freight Market Update: June 8, 2021
Schedule reliability collapses as COVID outbreaks disrupt Yantian and labor, while congested ports like Oakland and tight space choke the ocean market.
Freight Market Update: May 18, 2021
The Transpacific eastbound ocean market runs red hot as demand intensifies, while Flexport experts cover customs enforcement and the stressed ocean market.
Freight Market Update: May 4, 2021
A capacity crisis overwhelms ocean and ground as record US imports, equipment shortages, and Suez Canal blank sailings push May 2021 rates higher.