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Friday, May 23, 2025
Japanese Gas Tanker Giant MOL Sees Difficulty Buying Chinese Vessels
Shipyard

Japanese Gas Tanker Giant MOL Sees Difficulty Buying Chinese Vessels

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, owner of the world’s largest fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers, said it is hard to buy Chinese vessels for the time being as the

May 23, 2025
Total Views: 2390

Thursday, May 22, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard personnel assigned to Sector New York conduct container inspections alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Red Hook Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, April 24, 2025.
Shipping

US Importers Race to Beat Trump Tariffs Facing Complex Customs Forms

US businesses are under mounting pressure to import goods while President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs are on pause, and they’re simultaneously navigating

May 22, 2025
Total Views: 748

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The busy container port and natural scenery in Shanghai, China
Shipping

China-US Trade Soars as Exporters Race to Hit Trade Truce Window

A temporary trade truce between the world’s two largest economies has sparked a knee-jerk bounce across China’s ports and factory floors.  In the week

May 21, 2025
Total Views: 882

Friday, May 16, 2025
Aerial view of a container terminal
Shipping

Container Ship Owners Swamped as US-China Trade Detente Revives Demand

Container ship bookings for China-to-U.S. cargo have surged since the countries declared a 90-day truce on punitive tit-for-tat tariffs last weekend,

May 16, 2025
Total Views: 1573

A OOCL containership docks at the Port of Long Beach
Shipping

Tariff Truce Spurs Pacific Trade Rush, Boosting Global Shippers

Importers rushing to ship Chinese goods to the US using a short reprieve from paralyzing tariffs could provide a much-needed boost to global

May 16, 2025
Total Views: 577

A drone view of three berths able to load vessels with oil is seen after their construction at Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
Shipping

With US Trade War, China Now Top Buyer for Canadian Crude on Trans Mountain Pipeline Shipping Data Show

China has emerged as the top customer for Canadian oil shipped on the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline, ship tracking data showed, as a U.S. trade war

May 16, 2025
Total Views: 902

Thursday, May 15, 2025
A OOCL containership docks at the Port of Long Beach
Ports

Port of Long Beach Braces for May Slump Following Record-Breaking April

The Port of Long Beach is anticipating a significant downturn in May shipments following its strongest April on record, as the effects of recently paused

May 15, 2025
Total Views: 1578

A containership arrives at the Port of Rotterdam
News

US-China Trade Clash Risks Making Europe Dumping Ground for Cheap Goods

China’s widening trade surplus with the European Union is fueling fresh concerns that the 27-nation bloc risks becoming a dumping ground for cheap goods in

May 15, 2025
Total Views: 864

FILE PHOTO: An American flag flutters over a ship and shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro California
Shipping

Trump: India Has Offered US a Trade Deal With No Tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India had offered a trade deal that proposed "no tariffs" for American goods, while expressing his

May 15, 2025
Total Views: 1199

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Photo of a hapag-lloyd containership in port with cranes overhead
Shipping

Hapag-Lloyd CEO Sees ‘Huge Surge’ in Volume Last Few Days

The world’s No. 5 container carrier is seeing a jump in business this week after the US and China lowered tariffs, the company’s CEO said, as the trade war

May 14, 2025
Total Views: 948

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
China-US Truce Prompts Price Jump in Pacific Shipping Frenzy
Shipping

China-US Truce Prompts Price Jump in Pacific Shipping Frenzy

A China-US deal to slash trade tariffs is set to push freight rates higher, as companies rush to use a 90-day grace period to ferry goods across the Pacific

May 13, 2025
Total Views: 1472

Monday, May 12, 2025
A OOCL containership docks at the Port of Long Beach
Shipping

Container Shipping: Tariff Truce Sets the Stage for Early Peak Season

The traditional peak season for ocean container shipping between China and the United States could arrive earlier than usual this year following a significant

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 1346

CMA CGM Iron - side view
Shipping

French Shipping Giant Hails US-China Deal After Freight Slumps

Rodolphe Saade, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM SA, the world’s third-largest container carrier, hailed a truce in the trade war between Washington and

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 1198

Ocean Shipping Firm Hapag-Lloyd Welcomes China-US Tariff Reprieve
Shipping

Ocean Shipping Firm Hapag-Lloyd Welcomes China-US Tariff Reprieve

German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE on Monday welcomed an agreement between the United States and China to temporarily slash

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 1112

E-Commerce Likely the Front-Runner in Resurge of Transpacific Trade After Deal
Shipping

E-Commerce Likely the Front-Runner in Resurge of Transpacific Trade After Deal

Trade flows – including ecommerce – are expected to restart on the transpacific after the initial new tariff agreement between the US and China. Talks

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 594

US, China to Slash Tariffs During 90-Day Reprieve for Talks
News

US, China to Slash Tariffs During 90-Day Reprieve for Talks

The US and China will temporarily lower tariffs on each other’s products in a dramatic ratcheting down of trade tensions that buys the world’s two largest

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 742

US and China Reach Deal to Slash Tariffs, Lifting Dollar
News

US and China Reach Deal to Slash Tariffs, Lifting Dollar

The United States and China have agreed a deal to temporarily slash reciprocal tariffs as the world's two biggest economies seek to end a damaging trade war

May 12, 2025
Total Views: 1019

Friday, May 9, 2025
COSCO ship in port
Shipping

Carriers Slash China–U.S. Routes Amid Trade Collapse

Major container shipping companies are suspending at least six scheduled weekly routes between China and the United States as President Donald Trump's

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 2183

As Trade Talks Begin, Chinese Exporters Prepare to Get Goods Moving to US Again
Shipping

As Trade Talks Begin, Chinese Exporters Prepare to Get Goods Moving to US Again

China-based shipping agents have resumed buying container space for goods headed for the United States after a series of U.S. tariff-induced cancellations, as

May 9, 2025
Total Views: 3650

Thursday, May 8, 2025
Containers are seen on the Maersk's Triple-E giant container ship Majestic Maersk, one of the world's largest container ships, next to cranes at the APM Terminals in the port of Algeciras, Spain January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
Shipping

Maersk Cuts Global Container Market Outlook on Tariff War

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the Danish container giant, lowered its forecast for the global transport market rattled by Donald Trump’s trade

May 8, 2025
Total Views: 671