Against a background of extremely weak demand forecasts, ocean carriers are preparing to blank around half their advertised sailings from Asia to North Europe and the US after Chinese New Year on 22 January. 

 

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https://theloadstar.com/ocean-carriers-plan-to-blank-half-their-sailings-from-asia-post-cny/ 

 

High demand will continue to buoy air cargo charter activity over the next few months, consolidating the strong start to 2021, although prices may cool somewhat from their current high levels, according to a leading air freight broker. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/No-let-up-expected-in-buoyant-air-cargo-market/78720.htm#.YFo1Eq_7Ryw 

 

Imports at the largest US container ports are expected to grow “dramatically” during the first half of 2021, particularly in comparison with last year’s disrupted market, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/US-box-imports-set-for-%E2%80%98dramatic%E2%80%99-H1-growth/78634.htm?cl=article_1&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=6139f22b0a&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YEkO2537SUk 

 

Major global container lines are being forced to cancel significant numbers of east-west services due to exceptionally long delays to vessels caused by congestion in Asian and North American ports. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Box-port-delays-causing-service-cancellations/78356.htm#.YBf3qOj7SUk 

 

US container imports seen during 2020 appear to be headed toward a new annual record despite the coronavirus pandemic, and remain at high levels as 2021 begins, according to the latest monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/US-box-imports-set-for-record-in-2020-despite-pandemic/78231.htm?cl=article_2&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=c248a038cc&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.X_1179j7SUk 

On Thursday the US President Donald Trump announced that the US would impose further tariffs on goods imported from China into the United States from 1st September 2019 following ongoing negotiations between the two countries. Please see the below links for further information. 

 

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1156979445565202433 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/economy/us-china-trade-talks.html