New price hikes may slow ocean spot rate slide – but for how long?

Container spot freight rate indices showed some divergence this week, indicating that recent falls in ocean rates on the main east-west trades could be reversed next week, if only temporarily. While ...

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Container spot freight rates on most of the main shipping trades saw another week of ...

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News / Liners plan more rate hikes to halt renewed container spot rates decline

After last week’s hiatus, container spot freight rates on the Asia-Europe trades resumed their downward ...

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News / Asia-Europe FAK price hikes manage to halt 13-week rate decline

This week’s FAK rate hikes introduced by carriers on the Asia-Europe trades managed to arrest ...

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News / Carriers put on a brave face amid further decline in ocean spot rates

Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades saw another week of declines, although, ...

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News / Price war as carriers compete for cargo driving down container spot rates

Container spot freight rates on the major east-west liner trades experienced another week of decline, ...

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News / Carriers need to cut more capacity for March GRIs to hold

Container freight spot rates on the major trades continued to slide this week, forcing carriers ...

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News / More blanked sailings: 'Carriers will not sit on their hands while rates collapse'

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News / Carriers hope price hikes will hold as spot rates fall in CNY doldrums

Despite the muted trading activity since China’s new year holiday began this week, spot rates ...

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New price hikes may slow ocean spot rate slide – but for how long?

Asia-Mediterranean Headlines

News / Good start for Gemini, liner schedule reliability data reveals

News / 'More pronounced' demand slump drives container spot freight rate declines

News / Liners plan more rate hikes to halt renewed container spot rates decline

News / Asia-Europe FAK price hikes manage to halt 13-week rate decline

News / Carriers put on a brave face amid further decline in ocean spot rates

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Price war as carriers compete for cargo driving down container spot rates

News / The shape of Asia-Europe shipping capacity as the new alliances bed in

News / Carriers need to cut more capacity for March GRIs to hold

News / More blanked sailings: 'Carriers will not sit on their hands while rates collapse'

News / Carriers hope price hikes will hold as spot rates fall in CNY doldrums

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News / Spot rates still tumbling, with worse to come if carriers return to Suez

News / As CNY and slack season approach, the ocean price-cutting begins

News / USEC dispute end comes too late to stop transpacific spot rate climb

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New price hikes may slow ocean spot rate slide – but for how long?

Asia-Mediterranean Headlines

News / Good start for Gemini, liner schedule reliability data reveals

News / 'More pronounced' demand slump drives container spot freight rate declines

News / Liners plan more rate hikes to halt renewed container spot rates decline

News / Asia-Europe FAK price hikes manage to halt 13-week rate decline

News / Carriers put on a brave face amid further decline in ocean spot rates

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Price war as carriers compete for cargo driving down container spot rates

News / The shape of Asia-Europe shipping capacity as the new alliances bed in

News / Carriers need to cut more capacity for March GRIs to hold

News / More blanked sailings: 'Carriers will not sit on their hands while rates collapse'

News / Carriers hope price hikes will hold as spot rates fall in CNY doldrums

Most read news

News / Spot rates still tumbling, with worse to come if carriers return to Suez

News / As CNY and slack season approach, the ocean price-cutting begins

News / USEC dispute end comes too late to stop transpacific spot rate climb

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