
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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

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

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