Container spot rates were largely unchanged for a third consecutive week, as it became evident that a 15 November rate hike on Asia-Europe trades had failed to have anything more than a marginal impact on pricing.
https://gcaptain.com/fak-fantasy-carriers-struggle-to-keep-rates-afloat/
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Despite generally weak cargo demand, spot rates on the Asia-Europe trades continued to show gains this week, as carrier capacity management combined with port…
https://gcaptain.com/asia-europe-container-spot-rates-surge-whats-fueling-this-off-season-spike/
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Container shipping lines on the main east-west trades this week managed to reverse 15 weeks of consecutive declines in spot freight rates by managing…
https://gcaptain.com/gri-gamble-carriers-play-hardball-with-asia-europe-spot-rate-hikes/
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Spot freight rates on every major container lane continued to tumble over the past week as demand remained flat, while a possible short-term pre-Golden…
https://gcaptain.com/container-spot-rates-continue-to-tumble-as-peak-season-comes-to-early-end/
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The steady decline of container spot freight rates between Asia and Europe turned decidedly steeper this week, with both the Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean…
By Brendan Murray Sep 1, 2024 (Bloomberg) –The global container shipping industry saw profits surge to more than $10 billion in the second quarter on record volumes and rising freight rates…
https://gcaptain.com/container-carrier-profits-soar-on-record-volumes-higher-rates/
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Transpacific container spot rates were in the ascendancy this week as industrial action storm clouds gathered over US east coast ports. Drewry’s WCI Asia-US east…
https://gcaptain.com/transpacific-spot-rates-rise-amid-looming-u-s-port-strike-threat/
By Charlie Bartlett (The Loadstar) – The downward trend of the Drewry World Container Index (WCI) continued this week, showing average rates have fallen another 2%, to $5,428 per 40ft, from…
https://gcaptain.com/container-spot-rates-continue-to-slide-as-u-s-port-strike-threatens/
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Spot rates for shipping containers fell for the first time in almost three months amid signs demand is cooling after US tariffs on Chinese goods and…
https://gcaptain.com/container-shipping-rates-snap-weeks-of-gains-as-restock-rally-fades/
The dramatic surge in ocean freight container shipping rates appears to be reaching its peak as importers push back against rising spot rates, according to data released by Xeneta on…
https://gcaptain.com/xeneta-sees-ocean-container-spot-rates-peaking/