Freight Market Update: December 18, 2019
The US, Mexico, and Canada sign the USMCA NAFTA replacement as looser US fuel rules aim to ease the looming IMO 2020 sulfur transition.
The US, Mexico, and Canada sign the USMCA NAFTA replacement as looser US fuel rules aim to ease the looming IMO 2020 sulfur transition.

Catastrophic ship fires rise on dangerous goods and unsafe containers, while Mexico urges U.S. ratification of the trade deal, in the November 27, 2019 update.

U.S. inbound containers drop 14% at LA and Long Beach after tariff-driven inventory loading, and Adidas shifts Speedfactory to Asia, for November 13, 2019.

The U.S. FMC's proposed demurrage and detention rule draws heavy industry input as ocean and air freight markets are reviewed, November 6, 2019.

A Florida importer dodges the 25% Airbus-Boeing wine tariff with bulk shipping containers, plus the challenge of finding good last-mile warehouses.
The WTO warns global services trade may slow under the U.S.-China trade war, while online grocery growth drives fulfillment innovation.

Air freight demand fell over 3% year-over-year amid ongoing U.S.-China trade conflict, as Trump's trade policies threaten to ripple beyond China to ally nations.

Hurricane Dorian forces US East Coast port closures from Georgia to Virginia while ongoing Hong Kong protests disrupt air, rail, and truck freight.