In a sign that the supply chain crisis that’s marred the latter half of the pandemic may finally be on the wane, freight rates have declined for the first time this year. You might take this as your ...

FOB stands for "freight on board." The term is used to describe the point in a transaction where a product being shipped becomes the property of the buyer. In an FOB Origin shipping arrangement, the ...

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The cost of shipping commodities by sea surged to the highest in almost nine years as vessel owners start taking carriers off hire to prepare them for sweeping new fuel rules. The Baltic Dry Index, a ...