# What’s Looming for Transpacific Ocean Shipments This Peak Season?  | SupplyChainBrain

> Transpacific ocean shipping faces an atypical peak season in 2019 after carriers cut capacity and front-loaded imports in 2018 left high inventories. The U.S.-China tariff dispute has reduced volumes from China and added uncertainty to demand.

- Date: 2019-08-20 · published 2019-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57479-what-s-looming-for-transpacific-ocean-shipments-this-peak-season
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Weak transpacific container demand and carrier capacity discipline point to softer container freight rates, which has limited direct effect on bulk feed commodity prices. The main relevance is the trade-war drag on US-China trade flows.

## Sources

- supplychainbrain.com: https://www.supplychainbrain.com/blogs/1-think-tank/post/30105-whats-looming-for-transpacific-ocean-shipments-this-peak-season

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