Shippers have greater visibility of the ocean supply chains than before and the view is not pretty, but the Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd alliance show change is possible. Just as this year’s Pacific contract season is set to begin in earnest, shippers who have historically accused container lines of over promising, over charging and under delivering, have acquired better tools to measure carrier performance. Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk created the Gemini Cooperation in February last yea

President announced increase from 10% using different authority from mechanism that supreme court struck down on Friday Trump raises tariffs to 15% on imports from all countries President announced increase from 10% using different authority from mechanism that supreme court struck down on Friday Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would raise a temporary tariff rate on US imports from all countries from 10% to 15%, less than 24 hours after the US supreme court ruled a

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, handing a stinging defeat to the Republican president in a landmark opinion on Friday with major implications for the global economy. The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, upheld a lower court's decision that Trump's use of this 1977 law exceeded his authority. The justices ruled that the law at issu

Blank sailings on major U.S. trade lanes have fallen to their lowest level in more than a year, even as trade between the U.S. and China remains under pressure. That’s according to new February 2026 tariff data from project44, which analyzed global shipping volumes and carrier schedules. Blank sailings peaked in April 2025, shortly after sweeping new tariffs were rolled out. That month, carriers canceled 131 sailings across major U.S. routes, including Asia–U.S., China–U.S.,

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is offering cautious support for the White House’s Maritime Action Plan—while drawing a firm line against one of its most controversial funding ideas: a universal port fee on foreign-built ships that could raise as much as $1.5 trillion over the next decade. In a statement released Monday, the London-based trade association backed efforts to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding capacity but warned that proposed fees ranging from 1 cent to 25 c

The Trump administration on Friday released its plan to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding and other maritime businesses, paid for in part by port fees on cargo delivered to the United States on ships made in China - levies the U.S. and China agreed to pause for one year. The Maritime Action Plan offers a road map for the revival of U.S. shipbuilding, which has shrunk since World War Two and now severely lags China and other nations. Coming in at more than 30 pages, the plan calls for

The European Union will resume work to implement a framework trade agreement with the United States after halting efforts in response to tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. Last month, Trump floated potential levies on eight European countries as part of his push to wrest control of Greenland, leading European Parliament members to vote to indefinitely suspend a pact reached with the U.S. in August in Turnberry, Scotland. Although Trump later walked back the thre

The Challenge Shipping project cargo of this scale to a remote mining site requires more than just moving freight, it demands precision logistics, meticulous planning, and seamless execution. Our 1UP Cargo team was entrusted with 6 x 40’ open-top containers from Qingdao, China, destined for a mining site in Mardie, Western Australia. The 1UP Solution From the outset, our team took ownership of the end-to-end operation. Once the cargo arrived at Fremantle port, we coordinated