Freight Market Update: June 8, 2021
Schedule reliability collapses as COVID outbreaks disrupt Yantian and labor, while congested ports like Oakland and tight space choke the ocean market.
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Freight Market Update: June 1, 2021
Transpacific timelines keep slipping as delays compound across every shipment leg, pushing shippers toward smarter ocean-air modal mixes.
Freight Market Update: May 25, 2021
Week of May 25, 2021: the transpacific eastbound market keeps heating up with strong demand and no slowdown in sight as space stays tight.
Freight Market Update: May 18, 2021
The Transpacific eastbound ocean market runs red hot as demand intensifies, while Flexport experts cover customs enforcement and the stressed ocean market.
Freight Market Update: May 11, 2021
The transpacific eastbound capacity crunch pushes into June amid extreme ocean market scarcity, with State of Trade and ocean webinars ahead.
Freight Market Update: May 4, 2021
A capacity crisis overwhelms ocean and ground as record US imports, equipment shortages, and Suez Canal blank sailings push May 2021 rates higher.
Freight Market Update: April 27, 2021
The 2021 contract season opens with record congestion and demand, rising rates, and Suez fallout hitting U.S. East Coast lanes, per the April 27, 2021 update.
Freight Market Update: April 20, 2021
Suez Canal fallout strains the US East Coast and inland points, lifting Asia-Europe rates as transloading becomes essential to avoid mounting USEC challenges.