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Editorial
Weekly freight industry analysis and opinion by Nabih Filali, Founder of FreightWatch.News.
Monday, June 22, 2026Latest
Shippers Are Still Paying 2022 Prices in a 2026 Market — And That Ends Now
Emergency fuel surcharges were a crisis-era band-aid, and every day shippers fail to renegotiate them is another day they're subsidizing a market that no longer exists.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The Second Half Recovery Is Real — But Only If You Position for It Now
Cass's volume data and a cascade of geopolitical shifts are converging into a market inflection point that carriers and brokers cannot afford to sleep through.
Monday, June 8, 2026
The Freight Industry Is Being Squeezed From Every Direction — And Only the Disciplined Will Survive
From surging ocean rates to customs fraud crackdowns to broker liability exposure, 2025 is separating the operators from the opportunists.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Tariff Chaos Is No Longer a Risk to Manage — It's the Business Model Now
Global shippers who are still waiting for trade policy to stabilize before making supply chain decisions are going to be waiting forever.
Monday, May 25, 2026
Geopolitics Is Now Your Freight Forecast — Start Treating It That Way
The operators still pricing lanes based on fuel costs and capacity alone are flying blind into a world where diplomacy moves faster than a spot rate.
Monday, May 18, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz Is the Only Number That Matters Right Now
While freight operators obsess over rate sheets and capacity, a single chokepoint is quietly holding the entire global supply chain hostage.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Stop Waiting for Geopolitical Calm — It's Not Coming, and Freight Rates Will Reflect That
From the Strait of Hormuz to the Taiwan Strait, the world's most critical trade corridors are now permanently contested, and carriers still pricing for a 2022 normal are going to get hurt.