Carriers are consolidating, reducing competition and gaining more market control. Shippers must adapt their strategies to navigate this shift.
Navigating Shifting Ocean Freight Dynamics: Rate Increases, Alliance Changes, and Key Risks for Early 2025
Changes in the rate market are evident. Changes in the carrier services and many lanes are happening as alliances break and reform. Trade & tariff issues for the US are hot news.
Tariffs targeting imports from Mexico, Canada, and China could reshape markets
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Global sourcing shifts demand new strategies as costs, tariffs, and regulations evolve.
Labor disputes and looming deadlines: What shippers need to know and do now to avoid costly disruptions
New tariffs may be on the horizon—learn how to navigate sourcing shifts and gain logistics control in uncertain times
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Rates on key Asia-Europe and U.S. trade lanes are falling as carriers reorganize alliances and increase blank sailings. Upcoming challenges include Red Sea disruptions, new tariffs, Lunar New Year, and U.S. East Coast labor talks in January.
Carriers are consolidating, reducing competition and gaining more market control. Shippers must adapt their strategies to navigate this shift.
Key trade disruptions continue, including port labor contracts, 301 tariffs, and increased congestion leading up to Lunar New Year.
