Months of frontloading explain the harsher-than-usual import slowdown in the final months of this year, but uncertain consumer sentiment and ever-changing US tariff policy are keeping retail inventories running lean.
The ocean carrier said it still needs approvals from insurers and others, but the ceasefire in Gaza appears to be holding.
Key cost elements for brokers are the amount of time they spend assembling bid responses and the lack of coordination between pricing analysts and sales teams that interact with shippers.
