Will Transpacific Container Traffic Return to West Coast with ILWU Contract Agreement?
The agreement between US West Coast dockers and liner and port interests will not lead to the mass return of cargo to West Coast terminals, either this year or in the medium-term, according to leading shipping and retail experts. The uncertainty around negotiations...
Making Sense of Container Shipping GRIs and Similar Surcharge Mechanisms
Ocean shipping General Rate Increases (GRIs) have been part of global shipping for decades. But there’s a lot of confusion on why they are issued by ocean carriers and how shippers are impacted. Let’s clarify container shipping GRIs in the U.S. as an...
Is the Peak Season Freight Surge at Risk?
Is the typical peak season freight surge at risk? Not necessarily, says leading transport analyst Lee Klaskow, Senior Freight and Transportation Logistics Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. “We are in a freight recession right now, but we could have freight growth and...
