Carriers Push Rates Up $600 per Container on China-US Lanes Even as Volumes Hit Record Lows #OceanFreight rates on #ChinaUS lanes jumped up to $600 per container in late March 2026, even as volumes hit record lows. #BlankSailings, surging fuel costs linked to the #HormuzCrisis, and new #EFS charges signal sustained pressure for importers through Q2. #Logistics #ContainerShipping

#OceanFreight rates on #ChinaUS lanes jumped up to $600 per container in late March 2026, even as volumes hit record lows. #BlankSailings, surging fuel costs linked to the #HormuzCrisis, and new #EFS charges signal sustained pressure for importers through Q2. #Logistics #ContainerShipping

Ghost Lanes: MIT Research Uncovers Hidden Costs in Ocean and Trucking Freight MIT research dives into #ghostlanes and #blanksailings in #oceanfreight and trucking. Hidden costs, strained #carrier relations, and smarter procurement strategies take center stage in #MITFreightLab’s latest findings....

MIT research dives into #ghostlanes and #blanksailings in #oceanfreight and trucking. Hidden costs, strained #carrier relations, and smarter procurement strategies take center stage in #MITFreightLab’s latest findings....

Trucking/Logistics is about to crater.

All Avoidable.
Zero Empathy.
None.
#BlankSailings

Ocean freight rates to fluctuate ahead of Christmas, New Year: Dimerco U.S. Presidential elections on November 5, 2024 could have significant implications for global trade and supply chains.

U.S. Presidential elections on November 5, 2024 could have significant implications for global trade and supply chains.

#OceanFreight #FreightRates #GlobalTrade #BlankSailings #Dimerco

Increase in blank sailings to disrupt global shipping: Dimerco Ocean Alliance will cancel 24 sailings, THE Alliance 16, 2M Alliance 16 and non-alliance carriers 34 sailings.

Ocean Alliance will cancel 24 sailings, THE Alliance 16, 2M Alliance 16 and non-alliance carriers 34 sailings.
#BlankSailings #GlobalShippingDisruption #OceanFreight #ShippingCancellations #DimercoUpdate

Schedule reliability, blank sailings in focus: Dimerco Spot ocean rates had declined by over 20% by mid-August from their peak in early July

Spot ocean rates had declined by over 20% by mid-August from their peak in early July
#OceanFreight #ShippingRates #BlankSailings #SupplyChain #USImports