Asia-N Europe rates level out, but can carriers maintain discipline?

Hard capacity management by Asia-North Europe carriers, combined with the threat of huge FAK rate increases, appears to have staunched the container spot rate decline on the route. Short-term rates are ...

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News / Jury still out on benefits of index-linked contracts for shippers

Freight index platforms are keen to push index-linked agreements (ILAs), but there are questions about ...

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News / Vancouver races to clear logjam as Trump tariff threat hangs over ports

The Canadian port of Vancouver may find itself in a race against the clock. According ...

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News / Trade growth getting stronger, but ocean freight rates stay flattish

While rates on the transpacific continued to soften, and Asia-Europe trades showed marginal gains, the ...

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News / Freightos a year on: big plans, new ideas and targeting profitability in 2026

It’s now a year into Freightos’s listing on Nasdaq, and the platform company has been ...

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Feb 27, 2024• Comments•

News / North Europe rates still falling, while the transpacific spikes

Container spot rates from Asia to North Europe remained under pressure this week, while transpacific ...

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Jun 9, 2023• Comments•

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News / 2M 'go-slow' and massive capacity injection lights Asia-Europe touchpaper

Next month, 2M partners MSC and Maersk will deploy nine extra vessels on their Asia-Europe ...

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May 12, 2023• Comments•

News / Supply chains 'finally beginning to stabilise', says Maersk

Maersk believes supply chains “are finally beginning to stabilise and find equilibrium”. Indeed, its Asia-Pacific March update ...

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Mar 28, 2023• Comments•

News / Carriers 'getting what they can, while they can' as rate declines persist

Ahead of the traditional transpacific annual contract rate negotiating season, there seems no slowing of ...

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Feb 24, 2023• Comments•

News / Heavy weather for carriers as rates for new contracts near parity with spot

Maersk said last week this year’s contract rates for its liner services were “trending towards ...

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Feb 17, 2023• Comments•

News / Pressure on carriers drives cut-throat freight market for China's exports

A parallel freight market is emerging for exports from China that undercuts the lowest container ...

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Feb 3, 2023• Comments•

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Asia-N Europe rates level out, but can carriers maintain discipline?

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News / North Europe rates still falling, while the transpacific spikes

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News / 2M 'go-slow' and massive capacity injection lights Asia-Europe touchpaper

News / Supply chains 'finally beginning to stabilise', says Maersk

News / Carriers 'getting what they can, while they can' as rate declines persist

News / Heavy weather for carriers as rates for new contracts near parity with spot

News / Pressure on carriers drives cut-throat freight market for China's exports

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Asia-N Europe rates level out, but can carriers maintain discipline?

Freightos Baltic Exchange (FBX) Headlines

News / Jury still out on benefits of index-linked contracts for shippers

News / Vancouver races to clear logjam as Trump tariff threat hangs over ports

News / Trade growth getting stronger, but ocean freight rates stay flattish

News / Freightos a year on: big plans, new ideas and targeting profitability in 2026

News / North Europe rates still falling, while the transpacific spikes

COMPANY NOTICES

News / 2M 'go-slow' and massive capacity injection lights Asia-Europe touchpaper

News / Supply chains 'finally beginning to stabilise', says Maersk

News / Carriers 'getting what they can, while they can' as rate declines persist

News / Heavy weather for carriers as rates for new contracts near parity with spot

News / Pressure on carriers drives cut-throat freight market for China's exports

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News / Ocean rates ex-Asia under pressure, while PSSs return to the transatlantic

News / Carrier hopes for a demand surge rest on summer peak season

News / Chinese export rates still tumbling, but transatlantic rates tread water

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