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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As such, vessels for ocean capacity between Asia and the United States are expected to remain fully booked for most/all of 2021. Source: ACT Research April 2021 Freight Forecast report. Now, this congestion is spreading to Oakland, Vancouver, and Seattle ports. Currently, nearly 100% of all ocean capacity is in rotation.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx Express introduces new routes between Asia and Europe. Trucker protests shut down Port of Oakland terminals. FedEx Express has announced the launch of a new route between Asia and Europe. To meet demand, 3PLs increasingly tapped the spot market to source carriers to cover shipments.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

This decline follows a bleak performance in February, when container volumes into the Californian ports of Los Angeles, Oakland, and Long Beach from were down 35.2 The sharpest declines in overall capacity have been on the Europe-US Transatlantic lane and Intra-Asia, both of which rely heavily on belly capacity.

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