Transpacific freight rates – it’s all about 'who blinks first'

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News / Carriers roll out more blank sailings in a bid to underpin slide in spot rates

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Transpacific freight rates – it’s all about 'who blinks first'

Xeneta (XSI-C) Headlines

News / Transatlantic trade bucks rate decline trend - but not over strike fears

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

News / Transpac carriers may have the advantage as contract season looms

News / Threat to contract rates as carriers fail to boost spot market prices

News / Bleak outlook post-Chinese New Year prompts more blank voyages

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Ocean carriers plan to blank half their sailings from Asia, post-CNY

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

News / Spot rate carnage could result in more ships laid up, 'with worse to come'

News / Shippers still favouring contracts, despite short-term spot rate discounts

News / Carriers roll out more blank sailings in a bid to underpin slide in spot rates

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News / Long-term rate increases losing momentum as carriers seek to lock-in BCOs

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

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

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Transpacific freight rates – it’s all about 'who blinks first'

Xeneta (XSI-C) Headlines

News / Transatlantic trade bucks rate decline trend - but not over strike fears

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

News / Transpac carriers may have the advantage as contract season looms

News / Threat to contract rates as carriers fail to boost spot market prices

News / Bleak outlook post-Chinese New Year prompts more blank voyages

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Ocean carriers plan to blank half their sailings from Asia, post-CNY

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

News / Spot rate carnage could result in more ships laid up, 'with worse to come'

News / Shippers still favouring contracts, despite short-term spot rate discounts

News / Carriers roll out more blank sailings in a bid to underpin slide in spot rates

Most read news

News / Long-term rate increases losing momentum as carriers seek to lock-in BCOs

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

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

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