Spot container rates for shipping goods to the U.S. from Asia have spiked over the past month as companies look to avoid higher tariffs and pad their inventories ahead of a strike threatening to close ...

Prices in the most volatile segment of ocean shipping are collapsing, but top retailers like Walmart and Home Depot should not expect relief until the spring contract renegotiation season, industry ...

Blank sailings surge 60 percent in October as carriers fight off post-peak season slump, with container prices from Asia to the U.S. and Europe seeing double-digit gains.

Freight Right Global Logistics reports ocean shipping rates rose $700-$900 amid the U.S.-China trade tensions, with air ...

Just as the Federal Reserve and U.S. economy get good news on inflation, with consumer prices and wholesale prices softening, a major global trade inflation indicator is headed in the wrong direction.

LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, ...

Online shipping platform Container Xchange also says ocean freight rates rose dramatically on some routes between November 2023 and this February. Persistent Red Sea attacks continue to lead to shifts ...

Asia-U.S. container rates rallied on carrier-imposed GRIs and tighter capacity, despite trade tensions. The post Asia-U.S.

Much of what we all consume or own today arrived here in a shipping container. These large steel boxes have become the vehicle by which virtually everything that isn’t shipped in bulk like oil, coal ...

This article originally appeared on The Revelator. You’re right if you think you’ve been hearing a lot about container ships lately. One off the coast of Sri Lanka that was carrying 25 tons of nitric ...

Much of what we use in our daily lives, other than food, gets imported, and 90-95% of that comes by sea, passing offshore through our ocean backyard. Petroleum and petroleum products are a big ...

This past week, the U.S.-China trade fight moved decisively onto the water, Freight Right Global Logistics reports. On Oct. 14, Washington and Beijing both activated reciprocal port-entry fees that ...