Demurrage and detention charges will decide peak season 2026, not freight rates
The biggest cost risk of peak season 2026 is not the freight rate spike. It’s demurrage and detention charges at the congested ports absorbing rerouted Hormuz cargo, where one delayed container can cost three to seven times more than the rate increase everyone is panicking about. Daily transpacific rates jumped from $1,000 to $1,800 per […]
Why every freight forwarder now has a software question to answer
Most freight forwarders didn’t sign up to be a technology company. They signed up to move freight. But that distinction is getting harder to maintain, and ignoring it is starting to cost real money. The question used to be which TMS to buy. That question has split in two: which specialized platforms to plug into, […]
