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Canada Trade and Shipping Outlook
May 22, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
Amid the sharpest US tariff threat since the 1930s, the Canadian container shipping industry moves forward, working through labor disruptions on both coasts and cargo delays while advancing investment coast to coast. The Canada Trade webinar will highlight major trade trends, and port and other infrastructure investment, while providing insights from on-the-ground on the latest US trade rumblings and implications for Canadian containerized supply chains. https:// bit. ly / 3GoXcuf
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Asia-US blank sailing forecast for May increasing amid cancellations
Container lines are increasingly blanking trans-Pacific sailings as US importers cancel or suspend orders due to tariff increases that have made some business infeasible. https:// bit. ly / 3RZP1qK
Container Shipping Outlook: The Asia-Europe Trade
On demand, Free
Major ocean trade lanes do not operate in isolation, and although Asia-Europe has largely been spared the mass confusion of on-again, off-again tariffs coming out of the US, chaos on the trans-Pacific is likely to spill over. The US tariffs slammed the door on its Chinese imports virtually overnight, leaving cargo and equipment stuck in China as shippers prepared for the spring season. But there may be a silver lining in that it could make Chinese manufacturing more competitive as factories turn to other major markets to mitigate the loss of US imports. The problem is that the world appears to be sliding toward a global recession. That will make consumers in already-struggling European economies even less likely to spend, and less spending translates into fewer loaded containers arriving on ships from Asia. https:// bit. ly / 44AmdN2
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Cosco slams US port fees as other carriers reckon with potential costs
Cosco Shipping says new fees Chinese carriers and ships will be forced to pay for calling the US— possibly as high as $ 10 million per voyage, according to one analyst— are unfair and will“ distort” the ocean shipping market. https:// bit. ly / 3YJYOou
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