US container imports jumped 8% in June ahead of higher fuel costs and tariff increases

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. container imports surged 8.2% in June from the year earlier, supply ...
Institutional Investor

Hedging Supply Chain Tensions and Container Freight Volatility

Managing the price risk in container freight has become paramount as cargo owners look to hedge the cost of freight which can account for up to 20% of cargo value New freight futures contracts could ...
The Financial Express

China controls 90% of shipping containers. India’s Rs 10,000 crore challenge puts these 2 stocks in focus

China dominates 90% of global container production, but India is fighting back with a ₹10,000 crore manufacturing push.
Yahoo Finance

FMC publishing container freight data

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has begun releasing Containerized Freight Statistics (CFS) data, which is submitted by ocean common carriers as mandated by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.

Maersk Lifts 2026 Profit Outlook on Strong Freight Rates

The carrier now expects global container volumes to grow 4 percent in 2026, reflecting stronger-than-anticipated market ...
The Financial Times

Record freight container production fails to ease supply-chain crisis

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese manufacturers are pumping out record volumes of freight containers after shippers ordered vast stacks ...
Swarajya

First Made-In-India Export-Import Shipping Container Rolled Out For Maersk Under Maritime Self-Reliance Push

India unveiled its first domestically manufactured export-import shipping container yesterday (3 July), marking a significant ...