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.

Carriers abandon February rate hike plans and add more blank sailings as pre-LNY volumes fail to materialize.

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 ...

The downward trend in ocean freight volumes that began in 2022 continued last year, with many major ports reporting declines in throughput of containerized cargo. Transport Topics’ updated Top 25 list ...

An ocean container capacity crunch has hit global trade just as peak shipping season starts, with freight spot rates up some 30% over the past few weeks and heading higher. Bad weather, longer ocean ...

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 ...

Ocean freight rates to the Port of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates are surging as Israel continues to attack Iran and Iran reported its first attack on U.S. military bases, after a weekend ...

Shipping giant Maersk is backing new international fuel standards and shifting to dual-fuel vessels. (Maersk photo) An international body that regulates ocean shipping is preparing to finalize a ...

So far this decade, sharp price swings have distinguished the world’s ocean freight industry, with rates rising and falling in tandem with major events such as the pandemic, global trade wars and ...

The spread between spot ocean freight rates and the long-term contract market is at its highest since September 2021, equal to $2,500. Ocean spot freight rates have tumbled for a sixth-consecutive ...