The container shipping industry is consolidating — again.On April 30, ZIM shareholders vote on a $4.2 billion acquisition by Hapag-Lloyd. ...

One year later, a clear pattern has emergedA year after “Liberation Day”—the April 2025 tariff reset—there’s now enough distance to ...

Recent court rulings may lead to the reversal of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), potentially ...

For most of 2021–2023, volatility masked everything.Schedules collapsed.Transit times stretched unpredictably.Buffers kept expanding.If cargo was late, it was “the market.”If ...

Most freight exceptions don’t start with delays.They start with decisions made before the container even arrives.In Q1 2026, one of ...

In a recent post, we explored why freight forwarding communication breaks down when conversations scatter across channels — and how ...

January 2026Ocean freight rates are lower than they were a year ago. Contracts have been reset. On paper, freight budgets ...

January 2026Most compliance changes give importers two choices: ...

Rates feel manageable.Capacity feels available.Booking options feel open.But the real risk heading into pre–Lunar New Year 2026 isn’t what importers ...