SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Global container shipping rates have surged to records on a spike in restocking demand in the United States and Europe, container scarcity at export hubs, and changes in ...

Managing the price risk in shipping containers has become paramount as cargo owners look to hedge the cost of freight, which can account for up to 20% of cargo value. New freight futures contracts ...

33rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends: Puzzling path forward Logistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market ...

Traditional trade routes, particularly the Asia to Europe route, are experiencing more frequent disruptions. The volatility in the container freight market looks set to continue considering the number ...

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index jumped 12.6 per cent last week to 3,044.77, breaking the 3,000-level for the first time since August 2022 The cost of shipping a 20-foot container from ...

Average container freight rates for Chinese exports have dropped 28% since the start of the year, according to BIMCO. This posts the worst first quarter development in twenty years. Based on input ...

Although spot freight rates continue to tumble as more global ocean freight capacity enters the market, congestion in the largest ports in Asia and Northern Europe still endures. The Port of Singapore ...

If you’ve tried to purchase a back-ordered item or kept up with our retail and trade coverage, you already know about the global supply chain challenges and shipping traffic jams. As of Monday, there ...

LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Global industrial production and containerised freight flows remained in the doldrums at the start of the third quarter, confounding predictions earlier in the year for a ...

But all of that frontloading of imports into the U.S. economy also corresponds to a more concerning trend in the trade data that is now taking shape: a steep decline in new freight order activity in ...

15th Annual Rail/Intermodal Roundtable: Seeking growth drivers amid big M&A questions The 15th Annual Rail/Intermodal Roundtable examines the current state of the U.S. rail and intermodal markets, ...

Containerized rail freight transport under China Rail Express (CR Express) between Europe and China is one of the flagship projects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). However these rail links have ...