We’re not completely bereft of signs that port congestion, which is so costly to shippers, could start easing soon; however, congestion is at ...

We’ve been watching freight rates rise to new heights, breaking record after record, for a year. Is it possible for freight rates to get worse? Yes. And ...

Our last post was an excellent guest article by Jake Rheude about being ready for the next Suez-Canal-level-disruption to the global supply chain, and ...

It’s a classic case of good news, bad news. After Tuesday’s bad news blog about Yantian Port’s partial shutdown lingering and creating a ...

Mike Wackett wrote an article in the Loadstar that might make shippers consider ocean freight spot rate indices and the fees ocean freight carriers have ...

The Port of Ningbo – the third busiest container port in the world – was supposedly going to start a phased reopening yesterday (Wednesday, August 18th) ...

This is a guest post by Eric Laurence. Trade policies and tariffs significantly impact the global economy, affecting various industries, including ...

If you’re interested in prolonging the world’s supply chain woes, follow China’s example. With its Covid Zero policies, China won’t allow crew changes ...

Air cargo delays, ocean shipping delays, and bad COVID policies. What’s new? Beijing Olympics! Wait, didn’t Beijing host the Olympics just a couple ...

Three-month-plus transit times for sailings goods across the Pacific? After more than a year of severe congestion at U.S. ports, especially at the Ports ...

Several news stories in recent days report COVID cases discovered in China and worry about port shutdowns and more disruption rippling through global ...

Here we go again. Two weeks ago we were talking about China putting a whole province, millions and millions of people, on lockdown. This week, China put ...