Ocean carriers 'fire blanks' ahead of China’s Golden Week holiday

Fearing another container spot rate crash, ocean carriers have blanked a number of export sailings from Asia to Europe and Asia to the US, prior to the Chinese national holiday ...

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The downward trend of the Drewry World Container Index (WCI) continued this week, showing average ...

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News / Rates rollercoaster: transatlantic soars, while Asia-Europe loses more ground

Container spot rates on the transatlantic shot up this week and, ahead of Chinese New ...

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News / Sinking rates and new capacity create crashing waves in box line financials

The deluge of new containership deliveries continues, the extra capacity driving down freight rates and ...

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News / With spot rates falling, carriers blank more sailings and plan surcharges

Container spot rates continued their decline this week across most Chinese export routes, prompting ocean ...

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News / 'Cracks' appear in Asia-Europe rates over uncertain outlook

Ocean carriers fear that fiscal policies designed to stem inflationary pressures in Europe will weaken ...

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News / Asia-USWC spot rates spike as Chinese New Year holiday looms

Container spot rates from Asia to the US west coast spiked this week, ahead of ...

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News / 'Snouts in the trough' attack, as Maersk results are turbo-charged by 80% rate hike

As a harbinger of spectacular results from the liner industry for the final quarter of ...

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News / 'Stick or twist' – do shippers play the spot market or go for fixed-rate contracts?

Volume shippers offered new long-term fixed-rate contracts by container lines are, nevertheless, still keen to ...

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News / Forwarders 'fear the worst' and 'don't have a clue' on shipping rates next year

Container spot rates are edging up again across most tradelanes, with a big spike expected ...

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News / Maersk forwarder clients left in limbo as carrier restricts them to Spot deals

Maersk’s forwarding and NVOCC customers are being targeted by competitor lines as the Danish carrier ...

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News / Reading the post-CNY container market can be a risky business

Any significant fall in container spot rates from Asia seems increasingly unlikely this side of ...

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News / Transpac ocean freight rates come off the boil as carriers ease premium fees

Ocean carriers are offering significant discounts on Asia exports to the US and Europe as ...

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News / Spot rates continue to slide, but premium surcharges continue to pile up

Container spot rates from Asia to Europe continued their downward trend this week from their ...

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