Logistics Recap May 1st – May 7th

Logistics Recap May 1st – May 7th SONAR charts check temperature of Shanghai’s ailing supply chain No matter how “open” the Chinese government has said Shanghai is, the flow of trade is telling otherwise. The reality is quite simple: Shanghai’s supply...

Logistics Recap April 24th – April 30th

Logistics Recap April 24th – April 30th Rising ocean shipping costs to bring wave of higher prices Research from the International Monetary Fund substantiates the correlation between “volatile” global shipping costs and inflation. Read More Here Freightwaves...

Logistics Recap April 17th – April 23rd

Logistics Recap April 17th – April 23rd Shanghai lockdown is not causing global supply chain chaos (yet) First came China’s Wuhan lockdown in February 2020. Then came the closing of Yantian in Shenzhen, the world’s fourth-largest port, in June 2021. Now,...

Logistics Recap April 10th – April 16th

Logistics Recap April 10th – April 16th Get ready for the next supply chain shockwave Concern is growing that the spread of COVID cases and city lockdowns in China will have massive downstream effects for global supply chains that could dwarf previous...

Logistics Recap April 3rd – April 9th

Logistics Recap April 3rd – April 9th Container shipping at the crossroads: The big unwind or party on? Is faltering consumer demand curbing imports, allowing port congestion to finally ease, releasing container-ship capacity and causing ocean spot rates to...

Logistics Recap March 27th – April 2nd

Logistics Recap March 27th – April 2nd Ports begin charging diesel-powered polluters to build Clean Truck Fund The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday began charging diesel-powered drayage trucks $10 per unit entering and leaving the ports with...