Dear Valued Customer,USPTI would like to give you some latest update on the new contract negotiation between ILWU and PMA. Although both parties have not come to an agreement after the contract expired on July 1st, 2022, there will not be any strike or slow down.Latest Joint Statement:“While there w...
Dear Valued Customer, A strike or work slowdown at West Coast ports won’t be a possible scenario. That’s the word from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) employer group, which are negotiating a new contract for ILWU West Coast port ...
Dear Valued Customer,Please note ONE has announced a Container Maintenance Charge (CMC) from July 1, 2022 for TPEB (Trans-Pacific Eastbound) shipments. ONE’s announcement is as below: Container Maintenance Charge (CMC)Effective July 1, 2022, ONE will be instituting a Container Maintenance Charg...
Dear valued customers,Finally, the Covid lockdown in Shanghai was ended today (June 1st). It's a significant easing of the restrictions, which will allow most people to move freely around the city, but this is not going to be a full lifting of the lockdown. Below latest information was just updated ...
The seven-week Covid lockdown in Shanghai, prompting carriers to blank a third of export sailings on the Asia-Europe and transpacific tradelanes, is creating a lull in May import volumes through US west coast ports.Moreover, the coastal shift by shippers from the west coast to east ports appears to ...
Dear valued customers,As you know, China have been executed the zero-covid cases policy for a while. Finally, after more than a month of strict lockdown in Shanghai, authorities have begun gradually easing Covid restrictions. There’re some bullet points that we’d like to share and updated to you.Pro...
Dear valued customers,As the pandemic seems spreading across mid-China now, USPTI would like to give you some updates about the major Shanghai and Ningbo ports and we hope this could help you better arrange your cargoes to make sure your supply chain affected as less as possible. Cargo backlog ...
Dear customers,In view of recent serious outbreak of Covid-19 at China, USPTI would like to give you a brief update of current situation. We will keep you posted if any further update.Due to serious outbreak of Covid-19, Shenzhen went into lockdown for 7 days till 3/20/2022. All business were ordere...
Dear valued customers,It’s almost the end of first quarter of 2022 and we believe it’s the time of the year for you to plan your peak season shipment for the rest of the year and keep your supply chain smooth.USPTI would like to update you some of insights about TPEB market and we hope this could he...
Announcing the Launch of our New Website! USPTI is excited to announce the launch of our brand-new website! After months in the works, we are happy to officially share it with all of you.Our main goal in launching this new website is to provide our clients, staff and others with a more intuitiv...
Date: December 6th, 2021Dear valued customers,As we’ve updated you about the market in our last advisory, Labor contract negotiations atWest Coast ports between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the InternationalLongshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) are looming. The current coastwide contr...
Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach Emergency SurchargeContainer Excess Dwell FeeNovember 3rd, 2021Dear Valued USPTI Customer, Due to terminal congestion, the historic record level of cargo volumes and in an effort to improve cargo movement, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach under the d...
TPEB TRADE OUTLOOKDate: October 22, 2021Dear customers, We expect to see the market demand to be stronger for Trans-Pacific eastbound market toward the end of this quarter due to below reasons. Space and equipment continue to be scarce. We’ve summarized some of the current TPEB market...
Dear valued customers, On 8/11/2021 (Wed), Ningbo terminal had a worker who tested positive for COVID-19 and is raising the specter of a Chinese port meltdown given officials’ aggressive effort to contain the pandemic and pre-existing vessel congestion in Ningbo and nearby Shanghai.If you ship ...
Source from : China-U.S. container shipping rates sail past $20,000 to a record (cnbc.com)KEY POINTSContainer shipping rates from China to the United States have scaled fresh highs above $20,000 per 40-foot box.The acceleration in Delta-variant Covid-19 outbreaks in several counties has slowed globa...
Dear customers, We continue to see a very strong Trans-Pacific eastbound market situation since the first quarter of 2021 to now. Space and equipment continue to be scarce. We’ve summarized some of the current TPEB market updates as below for you. US port congestion is still a pr...
Dear Customers,We are seeing serious port congestions in north America ports, especially for LA/LB, which also affects the vessel schedules unstable recently. Carriers are also filing port congestion surcharges onto the shipment due to these circumstances.Listed below is the most updated list by Ste...
The congestion and COVID issues at Yantian.https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports-logistics/delays-14-days-expected-yantian-port-due-tighter-covid-controlshttps://splash247.com/wheres-the-ceiling-for-box-shipping/...
Please be advised USPTI has officially received our Taiwan business license effective May 6,2021.USPTI will officially open our USPTI Taiwan office on May 14.2021.Our office address is:USPTI Taiwan , Inc.10F, NO, 289 SEC 4, Zhongxiao E. Rd.Da An Dist. Taipei City 106450, TaiwanT : 886-2-27789770F :...
Dear Client, We are facing a critical time in our industry that has not been experienced for years and it is making it very challenging in regards to the effect on all supply chains. See the below information: Equipment shortages in China are being experienced. Carriers are doin...
