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Despite US tariffs, container cargo volume seen growing 8 per cent to 380 mt this fiscal
MUMBAI: Despite the for-sure dip in shipments bound to the US ports following the punitive 50 per cent duties on Indian goods from last week, overall container cargo...
McCown Warns: U.S. Container Imports on Brink of Historic Collapse as July Growth Proves Deceptive
The 3.2% year-over-year increase in U.S. inbound container volume for July 2025 represents a temporary reprieve driven entirely by tariff frontloading, according to...
Container Spot Rates Fall for 10th Week After Early Peak
By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates have experienced their tenth consecutive week of declines – albeit with indications of some f...
Trans-Pacific container rates fall to pre-Red Sea crisis levels
Benchmark container rates on the trans-Pacific trade from Asia to the U.S. West Coast fell to their lowest levels since the start of the Red Sea crisis, when Yemen-b...
Record Short Against Maersk Backfires in Trade-War Defying Rally
Shorting the stock of the world’s largest listed shipping company during a global trade war may seem like a sure bet. But the investors who’ve loaded up...
Asia-US sea freight rates set to extend declines amid tariff chaos
SINGAPORE, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Asia-U.S. sea freight rates are set to drop further in 2025 as shipping capacity outpaces demand and trade routes shift due to tariffs a...
MSC suspends two US services, rejigs others as tariffs hit Chinese imports
Mediterranean Shipping Co. has halted two services from China to the US and revamped other container services to the East and Gulf coasts as the Trump administration...
Emirates Shipping Line, Wan Hai to commence joint India-East Med service
Emirates Shipping Line and Wan Hai Lines will launch their new joint service, the India-East Mediterranean 2 (IM2) Service, on 1 June 2025, aiming to strengthen trad...
Red Sea Ceasefire Deal Sparks Concerns Over Potential Freight Rate Collapse
A recent ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Yemen’s Houthi militia has raised questions about the potential impact on global shipping rates, with industr...
Maersk expects no changes from US port fees
Danish container shipping line Maersk said it expects no immediate effect from a U.S. plan to slap steep port fees on Chinese ships. The plan to tax China’s...