
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.

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.

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.

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.

The ILA and USMX remain deadlocked over port automation with a January 15 deadline looming, raising the risk of renewed US East Coast labor disruption.

President-elect Trump pledges Day 1 tariffs of 25% on Mexico and Canada plus added duties on China, alongside volatile freight markets and labor disputes.

Transpacific West Coast space improves with added capacity while East and Gulf Coast rates hold steady, with ILA negotiations and tariffs the key pressures ahead.

Canadian ports in Montreal and Vancouver reopened after forced arbitration ended lockouts, while US ILA-USMX talks collapsed over port automation proposals.

President-elect Trump prepares new import tariffs for 2025 while labor disputes lock out workers and halt operations at major Canadian ports in BC and Montreal.