Global Trade Intelligence

Hellenic Shipping News spotlights Descartes’ August global shipping crisis report, showing that another month of record U.S. maritime imports and increased wait times at East and Gulf Coast ports are combining to make global supply chain performance more unpredictable.

All About Shipping on Descartes’ August report on the global shipping crisis, showing that record U.S. maritime imports in July and rising wait times at East and Gulf Coast ports are making global supply chain performance more unpredictable.

American Shipper features insights from Descartes’ August report on the global shipping crisis as it examines the capacity of national ports in the face of record U.S. maritime import volumes, rebounding imports from China, and queues of ships waiting off North American ports.

Dooner and The Dude, hosts of the podcast What the TRUCK, speak to Descartes’ Chris Jones (~10:50 – 20:48 min) about what’s potentially in store for peak season for truck drivers, given rising U.S. import volumes, and how tech like AI and ML can help carriers and logistics service providers better manage capacity, move freight more efficiently, and mitigate the costs of elevated fuel prices.