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  • Port table "Vessels, Wait Time, Rail Dwell (Week 39)": vessels waiting, berth wait, rail dwell and yard capacity call-outs by port
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    Global Logistics Update: September 26, 2024

    USTR finalizes new Section 301 tariffs on China-origin goods while the Biden administration overhauls the $800 de minimis exemption in September 2024.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 38) for USWC, CAWC, USEC/Gulf ports with yard capacity and congestion notes
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    Freight Market Update: September 19, 2024

    A new executive action could deny de minimis treatment for imports under Section 301, 201, and 232 tariffs, raising duty costs, per the September 19, 2024 update.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table for Week 37 2024 by US, Canada and Gulf ports with congestion call-outs and color-coded change legend
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    Freight Market Update: September 12, 2024

    A potential ILA work stoppage at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports on October 1 threatens pandemic-level bottlenecks and shortages, per the September 12, 2024 update.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 36) by US port; Charleston congestion from construction, yard capacity comparisons
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    Freight Market Update: September 5, 2024

    Asia departures stay strong on extra-loader capacity, but softening demand, Cape of Good Hope blank sailings, and port congestion cloud the Transpacific outlook.

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  • Week 35 port table: vessels waiting, berth wait, rail dwell and yard capacity; Charleston congestion from construction
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    Freight Market Update: August 29, 2024

    Canada's rail board mandates binding arbitration, ending the CN and CPKC work stoppage as workers return, in the Freight Market Update for August 29, 2024.

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  • Port table Vessels, Wait Time, Rail Dwell Week 33 by US port; SAV 11 vessels, Charleston congestion, yard-capacity call-outs
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    Freight Market Update: August 15, 2024

    Freight Market Update for August 15, 2024, as Canada railroad labor talks face an August 22 lockout deadline affecting nearly 10,000 Teamsters workers.

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  • Vessels, Wait Time, Rail Dwell table (Week 32) by port with yard-capacity call-outs and color-coded weekly trends
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    Freight Market Update: August 8, 2024

    Nearly 10,000 Canadian rail workers may strike pending a labor board ruling, threatening imports and exports across CN and CPKC networks, August 8, 2024.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table by port, Week 31, with yard capacity call-outs and Charleston congestion note
    Logistics Update8 Minute Read

    Freight Market Update: August 1, 2024

    Transpacific volumes stay strong as Cape of Good Hope routings and Asia and North America port congestion drive blank sailings and softening rates.

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