Volume surge and an early peak season? 'Don't celebrate too soon,' warning
While this week’s announcement of a new 90-day window/reprieve on US-China reciprocal tariffs had carriers ...
Walmart has begun diverting containers away from the congested US west coast Los Angeles-Long Beach gateway with reports of ships now waiting for days to secure a berth. Some of the worst congestion in living memory is caused by a confluence of factors, and it would appear to have little end in sight. And US retailers are really beginning to suffer as a result, as this Reuters report describes.
Volume surge and an early peak season? 'Don't celebrate too soon,' warning
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