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  • Container ship fully loaded with stacked containers sailing under a cloudy sky, wake in the foreground
    Logistics Update8 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: February 27, 2025

    Trump threatens 25% EU tariffs as the USTR proposes fees on Chinese-built ships at U.S. ports, and Flexport launches its new Tariff Simulator.

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  • Reach stacker lifts a blue shipping container above stacks of containers in a port yard at sunset
    Logistics Update7 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: February 20, 2025

    Flexport launches its Tariff Simulator as Trump signals possible 25% tariffs on autos, pharma, and semiconductors, with Transpacific ocean capacity in focus.

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  • Loaded container ship sailing on calm open water under a hazy blue sky
    Logistics Update7 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: February 13, 2025

    Trump announces 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports effective March 12 as Flexport launches its Tariff Simulator for landed-cost forecasts.

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  • Stacked shipping containers filling the frame, mostly blue with red and maroon accents, diagonal shadow across the right side
    Logistics Update7 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: February 6, 2025

    A new 10% tariff hits China and Hong Kong goods, ending the de minimis rule and suspending duty drawback, as Flexport launches its Tariff Simulator.

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  • Aerial view of a container port at sunset with gantry cranes, a docked container ship and rows of colorful containers along a river
    Logistics Update7 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: January 30, 2025

    Flexport launches its Tariff Simulator as Trump threatens universal tariffs on semiconductors, steel, and pharmaceuticals plus emergency Colombia duties.

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  • Aerial night view of a container terminal with stacked containers, gantry cranes and lit access roads
    Logistics Update7 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: January 23, 2025

    CBP proposes restricting de minimis exemptions for Section 232, 201, and 301 goods, and Flexport launches its Tariff Simulator, in the January 23, 2025 update.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 2) for USWC, CAWC, USEC/Gulf ports with backlog and crane delivery notes
    Logistics Update7 Minute Read

    Global Logistics Update: January 9, 2025

    The ILA and USMX reach a tentative six-year master agreement on automation, averting a U.S. port strike, in the Global Logistics Update for January 9, 2025.

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  • Week 50 port table: vessels waiting, berth wait, rail dwell and yard capacity call-outs across US and Canada ports
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    Global Logistics Update: December 12, 2024

    Carriers push a December 15 Transpacific GRI on strong holiday and Lunar New Year bookings as Asia-Europe rates ease on modest demand, December 12, 2024.

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