Sourcing Journal sat down with Peter Sand, who outlines where the ocean and air freight markets are headed and what matters most in the months ahead.

American importers are getting a rare piece of good news amid worries about tariffs and consumer spending: ocean shipping costs are starting to sink. A measure of global ocean shipping rates, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freightos, the freight booking and payment platform, launched its WebCargo Rate & Quote Ocean capability, allowing freight forwarders to manage rates, quote, and book freight on a single digital ...

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 ...

“It looks like this year, July is in fact the peak of peak (season), instead of the beginning,” said Stephanie Loomis, Rhenus Logistics’ head of ocean freight for the Americas. Retailers account for ...