<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Trans-Pacific service contract negotiations are complicated by a barrage of mixed signals.</p></div>

Trans-Pacific service contract negotiations are complicated by a barrage of mixed signals.

<div><p>US importers setting up meetings around the 17th Annual TPM Conference are getting hit with a barrage of mixed signals, complicating their appraisal of just how much power they’ll have in trans-Pacific service contract negotiations. They know carriers are still limping after deep 2016 losses, some $13 billion for just 12 of the top 25 operators in the third quarter, according to analyst Dyanmar.</p><p>Shippers also have to square knowing that carriers don’t want another disastrous round like last year, when major shippers walked away with rates as low as $750 per 40-foot container from China to the US West Coast....

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Space availability on the trade lane has tightened as a result of MSC withdrawing its Indus Express service, while other competing networks reported schedule disruptions in the form of six blank sailings.</p></div>

Space availability on the trade lane has tightened as a result of MSC withdrawing its Indus Express service, while other competing networks reported schedule disruptions in the form of six blank sailings.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>After inking annual service contracts that were slightly lower than the prior year, importers are now facing the double-barrel reality of rising bunker fuel costs and soaring peak season surcharges.</p></div>

After inking annual service contracts that were slightly lower than the prior year, importers are now facing the double-barrel reality of rising bunker fuel costs and soaring peak season surcharges.

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Many US retailers bracing for likely doubling of all-in service contract rates

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>While the war-driven boost in intermodal demand is not breaking the rail network, it is exposing a weak link at the end of the trip where drayage fleets cut during the freight downturn are now struggling to find enough drivers to handle the cargo.</p></div>

While the war-driven boost in intermodal demand is not breaking the rail network, it is exposing a weak link at the end of the trip where drayage fleets cut during the freight downturn are now struggling to find enough drivers to handle the cargo.

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<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>Statements made by the combatants are unclear and did not offer enough information around key aspects of Hormuz transits, such as timings and safe routes, industry stakeholders say.</p></div>

Statements made by the combatants are unclear and did not offer enough information around key aspects of Hormuz transits, such as timings and safe routes, industry stakeholders say.

Shipping wants clarity on US-Iran deal before Hormuz transits can resume

<div class="phx-topic abstract-wrapper"><p>The US Army Corps of Engineers has recommended deepening the Mississippi port’s main channel to a depth that would allow it to accommodate post-Panamax vessels, up from the feeder container ships it now handles.</p></div>

The US Army Corps of Engineers has recommended deepening the Mississippi port’s main channel to a depth that would allow it to accommodate post-Panamax vessels, up from the feeder container ships it now handles.

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