A top loader moves a container at the Fenix Marine Services terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Typically, this is the time of year when shipments into the U.S. are peaking ahead of the holidays, but 2025 is…
A cargo ship full of shipping containers departs the port of Oakland at the San Francisco Bay, California, U.S., August 4, 2025. Carlos Barria | Cb With both the producer price index and the consumer price index still showing accelerations, consumers may be wondering why the price of goods across the board isn’t increasing more….
Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Port of Los Angeles reported its best June ever for shipping container traffic, an increase in ocean freight that port executives described as a tariff whipsaw effect, with shippers racing to beat President Trump’s trade taxes, especially a mid-August deadline for tariffs on Chinese…
