These low prices won’t last long.

The container shipping industry is being hit on multiple fronts, and the impact is being felt on freight prices for importers and exporters. “The good news is that the container market is still ...

The Justice Department indicted four shipping container manufacturers, alleging that they conspired to restrict the output and fix prices of shipping containers for at least four years. The ...

“Despite significantly weaker freight rates, the average price for five-year-old container ships has increased 17% year-on-year and 6% since the beginning of 2025,” says Niels Rasmussen, Chief ...

That didn't take long. Container freight rates out from China to the United States are surging after the trading partners agreed to pause tariffs. Freight rates from Shanghai to New York surged 19% or ...

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, alleges that the manufacturers coordinated output reductions and fixed prices for standard dry shipping containers, forcing buyers to pay ...

PET container prices fell 30% from June to July, part of an across-the-board price decline for curbside plastics bales. The national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars now ...

The Department of Justice alleges companies in China conspired to raise the price of new shipping containers months before the outbreak of COVID-19. The recycling industry was one of several sectors ...