https://transportational.com/tags/trans-pacific/ Recent content in trans-Pacific on Transportational.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://transportational.com/strait-of-hormuz-closure-drives-asia-us-container-spot-rates-276-higher/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://transportational.com/strait-of-hormuz-closure-drives-asia-us-container-spot-rates-276-higher/ The clearest price signal in the Iran war is not coming from crude. It is coming from box rates on a trade lane that runs nowhere near the Persian Gulf. Spot rates from the Far East to the U.S. West Coast now sit 276% above where they were at the end of February, before the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. East Coast rates are up 232% over the same window.