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title: "Freight Market Update: May 31, 2023"
description: "Europe strikes ease, Italy stable, China reopening on track. LATAM air lead times: 2–10 days by country. Book U.S.-Mexico cross-border 5–7 days before CRD."
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# Freight Market Update: May 31, 2023

## Trends to Watch

\[Regional Update - Europe\] In Italy, space availability is good and ocean freight rate levels are stable. For air freight, capacity is increasing slightly with the summer season approaching and more flights being scheduled.

\[Regional Update - Europe\] In France, the strikes affecting operations at the port of Le Havre and Fos-sur-Mer have eased up and operations are running as usual.

\[Regional Update - LATAM\] For standard air services, booking to estimated time of departure (ETD) in Colombia, Peru, and Chile is 3-4 days; Argentina is 7-10 days. For Brazil the lead time from booking to uplift is 2 to 4 days for standard service on average, but will vary depending on the airline and route.

\[Regional Update - LATAM\] U.S. - Mexico cross-border: Please book shipments 5-7 days prior to cargo read date (CRD), occasional security problems at the Nuevo Laredo border could cause temporary shutdowns of the border crossing bridge and inclement weather is causing increases in transit times.

\[Regional Update - Mainland China\] Post-pandemic reopening is ongoing and is expected to continue through the rest of the year. Ocean capacity is widely available and air operations are running smoothly.

## North America Vessel Dwell Times

For more details, please visit Flexport’s Ocean Timeliness and Air Timeliness

indicator pages.

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