TRADLINX

The acute spike at the top of last cycle’s rankings is unwinding. The Manila cluster and Casablanca — which absorbed 40+ hour delay increases two weeks ago — all eased this period, with North Manila dropping out of the congested list entirely. The global composite barely moved (27.7), but the pressure is redistributing. Here’s the […]

Long Beach just posted its third-busiest May on record — 842,030 TEU, empties up 21.8% — while clearing trucks in under an hour with no dwell fees in effect. The volume spike and this week’s Hormuz reopening are both real, but neither changes your transpacific containers this month; here’s the signal that does.

Global TPFS held flat at 27.2 for a fourth straight calm cycle — but the worst ports got sharply worse. Casablanca surged 41 hours to 142, and South Manila jumped 56 hours to 132. Average congestion and worst-case congestion are diverging.

JNPA’s CFS backlog is clearing — 2,500 stranded containers down to 450 — but transporters just announced a 28 May stoppage over LOLO charges at empty container yards. Here’s the operational read for India-trade shippers through early June.