CMA CGM suspends Asia-US pendulum service
The Marseille-based carrier has ended a 14,000-TEU per week service that called Asia and both US Coasts, deploying bigger ships on an existing East
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UP imposes peak season surcharge on low-volume shippers
It’s been five years since Union Pacific instituted a surcharge this early in the year, a sign that the railroad expects shippers to continue
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Rail congestion adds to inland delays from India’s Mundra Port
Ocean carriers are warning shippers to expect additional costs and delays for shipments through India’s busiest container port amid an influx of transshipment cargo
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Trans-Pacific air cargo sees huge US demand for data center components
The volume of high-tech goods from Asia to North America increased 70% year over year while US imports of e-commerce declined, according to aviation
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Journal of Commerce exec director Brooks retiring after storied career
Chris Brooks rose from copy editor to co-running the Journal of Commerce and helping to build TPM into the largest shipping conference in the
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Commission welcomes Council agreement on strengthening CBAM
The European Commission welcomes the Council agreement to extend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to specific downstream goods and reinforce existing anti-circumvention safeguards.
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Minor dip in MPV freight rates belies trade lane imbalances
Day rates out of Southeast Asia and China have remained firm, but it is a different story for charter fees out of Europe, the
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Amazon Freight says new LTL offering is not a ‘brokerage’
Amazon’s “asset-backed” less-than-truckload service is based on company-owned equipment and technology, its freight director says.
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Asia-Europe ocean shippers face huge July 1 rate increases
Encouraged by the stickiness of early June rate hikes, carriers are capitalizing on robust demand as an early start to peak season keeps ships
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CBAM webinar follow up: “How to make your decarbonisation efforts pay off”
On Thursday 7 May 2026, DG TAXUD hosted the second in a series of webinars on the implementation of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment
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