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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 21) by US port; Houston 12 vessels waiting, yard capacity and call-out notes
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    Freight Market Update: May 23, 2024

    Transpacific eastbound ocean freight enters peak conditions as May US imports rise 6.8% YoY and carriers push fresh $1000 GRIs in late May 2024.

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  • Port table "Vessels, Wait Time, Rail Dwell (Week 16)": vessels waiting, berth wait, rail dwell and yard capacity by port
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    Freight Market Update: April 18, 2024

    Red Sea reroutes send Asia-Europe vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, cutting early-May capacity by up to 13% as carriers implement GRIs, April 18, 2024.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 14) by US port with vessels waiting, berth wait, rail dwell and yard capacity
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    Freight Market Update: April 4, 2024

    Red Sea diversions via the Cape of Good Hope keep disrupting Asia-Europe schedules as carriers implement GRIs to halt a nine-week rate decline.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 8) for USWC, CAWC, USEC/Gulf ports with yard capacity call-outs
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    Freight Market Update: February 22, 2024

    Week of February 22, 2024: China's inbound air cargo tonnage drops 15% around Lunar New Year while average global air rates hold steady or rise.

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    Freight Market Update: February 7, 2024

    Global air cargo capacity rises 10% over 2019 as Red Sea crisis and Lunar New Year lift transpacific and Asia-Europe air yields into late January.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table for Week 39 2023 by US, Canada and Gulf ports with specific call-outs and color-coded change legend
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    Freight Market Update: October 4, 2023

    Typhoon Koinu threatens southern Taiwan with air delays and vessel disruptions as it tracks across the Taiwan Strait through early October.

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  • Vessels, wait time and rail dwell table (Week 38) for USWC, CAWC, USEC/Gulf ports with yard capacity call-outs
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    Freight Market Update: September 27, 2023

    Golden Week blank sailings reshape Transpacific and Asia-Europe capacity as Panama Canal weight limits hold steady for late September 2023.

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  • Port congestion table of vessels waiting, berth wait and rail backlog with call-outs on congestion and chassis shortages
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    Freight Market Update: October 11, 2022

    Transpacific eastbound demand stays flat after Golden Week as carriers blank sailings to remove capacity and US port congestion lingers in October 2022.

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