Bao Zhiming

4 weeks ago | caixinglobal.com | Bao Zhiming |Denise Jia

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x Shipping rates on China-U.S. routes are skyrocketing at record-breaking speeds as exporters scramble for space and global freight markets buckle under the pressure of a post-tariff export boom. “Rates are changing by the day,” said one freight forwarder in Shanghai. “We expected an increase, but not this fast.

1 month ago | caixinglobal.com | Bao Zhiming |Denise Jia

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x A dash to beat a 90-day tariff reprieve has seen China-to-U.S. shipping routes shift into overdrive, triggering soaring freight rates, overbooked cargo slots and a full-blown export scramble that echoes the chaos of the pandemic-era trade surge.

1 month ago | caixinglobal.com | Bao Zhiming |Denise Jia

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x Idle ships are starting to dock, truckers are back on the road and freight forwarders are scrambling to meet demand as transpacific shipping rebounds after a surprise tariff rollback between the United States and China. On May 13, a Shanghai trucker named Wang finally received his first job since China’s Labor Day holiday: hauling a container that had been sitting in bonded storage for nearly a month to Yangshan Port.

1 month ago | caixinglobal.com | Bao Zhiming |Denise Jia

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x Idle ships are starting to dock, truckers are back on the road and freight forwarders are scrambling to meet demand as transpacific shipping rebounds after a surprise tariff rollback between the United States and China.

2 months ago | caixinglobal.com | Bao Zhiming |Zou Xiaotong |Denise Jia

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x Shanghai’s bustling port came to an abrupt halt on Thursday, just one day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive 125% tariffs on Chinese imports took effect — virtually wiping out shipments bound for the United States overnight. Only days earlier, the port had been a hive of activity, with ships rushing to load containers ahead of the tariff deadline.