Container Bytes: Weekly Ocean & Air Freight Intelligence for Supply Chain Pros
Ten minutes. Everything moving in global freight. Container Bytes delivers weekly ocean and air cargo market data, rate trends, and forecasts, all designed for supply chain professionals who need signal, not noise. Brought to you by Freightos, the global freight booking platform and starring Judah Levine, Freightos' market analyst. Serious freight updates from people who don't take themselves too seriously.
Container Bytes: Weekly Ocean & Air Freight Intelligence for Supply Chain Pros
Episode #17: The Davos Pivot and South Korea and Canada’s Tariff Headache
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Welcome back to Freightos' Container Bytes, Episode 17. We’re only four weeks in, and we’ve had more trade "wars" than I’ve had hot coffees.
This week, Eytan and Judah track the whiplash of the Greenland deal—shoutout to Davos for the "peace framework"—and the immediate shift of the tariff-cannon toward our neighbors to the North.
While the US threatens 100% tariffs on Canada over Chinese EVs and 25% on South Korea for legislative delays, the rest of the world is busy swiping right on each other. We break down the historic EU-India Free Trade Agreement and why "America First" is leading to "Everyone Else Together."
Plus, the Red Sea is heating up again with fresh Houthi "Soon" videos, and Winter Storm Fern just grounded 14,000 flights, sending air cargo rates over $6.25/kg. It’s a doozy.
Full weekly update here: More tariff threats, LNY rush easing, and winter storm disruptions – January 27, 2026 Update
Chapters:
- 00:00:00 — Greenland is Out, South Korea and Canada are In: The 100% tariff threat.
- 00:02:45 — The Diversification Trend: The EU-India "Mother of all Deals."
- 00:04:15 — Red Sea & Jebel Ali: Why the "Suez Return" just hit a wall.
- 00:07:30 — Air Cargo Spikes: Winter Storm Fern and $6.25/kg rates.
- 00:09:40 — Finding "Good News": Eytan’s desperate search for optimism
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