Freight Market Update: September 9, 2020
Severe equipment shortages keep Transpacific capacity critical as shippers rush cargo out of Asia ahead of Golden Week, with mid-month GRIs likely on key lanes.
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Freight Market Update: September 2, 2020
US factory activity hits its highest level since 2018 as China, South Korea, and other Asian economies reopen and rebuild output amid COVID-19.
Freight Market Update: August 19, 2020
A glut of idle oil tankers causes severe congestion off northern Chinese ports, while a synced platoon of self-driving trucks makes its debut commercial delivery.
Freight Market Update: July 22, 2020
Severe flooding overwhelms key Yangtze River ports as China hits its top flood alert, while tight air capacity returns amid the COVID-19 recovery in July 2020.
Freight Market Update: June 10, 2020
Blank sailings drift into peak season as COVID-19 keeps ocean demand low, prompting carriers to manage capacity and hold up rates, June 10, 2020.
Freight Market Update: March 25, 2020
As China restarts production, COVID-19 worker quarantines, container shortages, and terminal closures threaten cargo pile-ups at Western ports in March 2020.
Freight Market Update: March 11, 2020
As the WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic, supply chains deepen their strain and a container shortage in China disrupts US agricultural exports.
Freight Market Update: March 18, 2020
Tanker rates skyrocket as Russia and Saudi Arabia boost oil output amid COVID-19, with ocean, air, and trucking news for the week of March 11, 2020.