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Rates spike on horizon as pressures on liner networks tighten
23+ hour, 40+ min ago (450+ words) UPS: NETWORK INVESTMENTZIM: SAGGINGCHRW: TOP PICKDSV: KEY LEVEL WATCHDHL: TEAMING UP WITH USPSFWRD: BOTTOM FISHINGFDX: AHEAD OF BREAK-UPAAPL: STILL LEADINGAMZN: DEBT LEVELS ON WATCHJBHT: OVERSHOOTING Freight rates could spike materially in the coming weeks as the downstream impacts of disruption…...
'Pay to play' is back as shippers face a 'brutal shipping environment"
23+ hour, 33+ min ago (875+ words) UPS: NETWORK INVESTMENTZIM: SAGGINGCHRW: TOP PICKDSV: KEY LEVEL WATCHDHL: TEAMING UP WITH USPSFWRD: BOTTOM FISHINGFDX: AHEAD OF BREAK-UPAAPL: STILL LEADINGAMZN: DEBT LEVELS ON WATCHJBHT: OVERSHOOTING Forwarders are warning that the recent recovery in spot rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe…...
Premier Alliance to drop Algeciras calls in Asia-N Europe restructure
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (510+ words) FWRD: BOTTOM FISHINGFDX: AHEAD OF BREAK-UPAAPL: STILL LEADINGAMZN: DEBT LEVELS ON WATCHJBHT: OVERSHOOTINGAAPL: NEW RECORD AAPL: UPGRADEDTSLA: EV RADARAMZN: GAUGE THE RISKPLD: NEW FUND LAUNCHEDWMT: 'NEW SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY' F: ESS FILLIP The Premier Alliance is set to drop two weekly…...
Already stretched barge services now threatened by falling river levels
4+ day ago (404+ words) F: ESS FILLIPWMT: ABOUT PRESSURE BUILDING FOR THE CONSUMERWMT: SORTING ORDERSWMT: AI COMES TO HELPDHL: TOP PERFORMER WMT: WORST PERFORMER RXO: RALLY MODEFDX: DEAL TIMEWMT: THE PAIN COMES FROM GUIDANCE WMT: TOP LINE BEATZIM: ARBITRAGE RISK Hobbled by an influx of…...
Freight rate recovery 'more about demand than blanked sailings"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (680+ words) WMT: ABOUT PRESSURE BUILDING FOR THE CONSUMERWMT: SORTING ORDERSWMT: AI COMES TO HELPDHL: TOP PERFORMER WMT: WORST PERFORMER RXO: RALLY MODEFDX: DEAL TIMEWMT: THE PAIN COMES FROM GUIDANCE WMT: TOP LINE BEATZIM: ARBITRAGE RISKRXO: RALLYING DHL: NEW OPENINGWMT: INTERIMS ON…...
Early peak sees demand " and rates " increase on intra-Asia lanes
1+ week, 2+ day ago (394+ words) WMT: THE PAIN COMES FROM GUIDANCE WMT: TOP LINE BEATZIM: ARBITRAGE RISKRXO: RALLYING DHL: NEW OPENINGWMT: INTERIMS ON THE WAYDSV: NEW OPENINGSTLA: NEW PARTNERSHIP IN THE USZIM: STRUGGLING TGT: TRADING UPDATE OUTLOW: INTERIMS OUTAMZN: UPSIDECHRW: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGBA: BIG…...
Westbound transatlantic capacity settles after a volatile Q1
1+ week, 4+ day ago (853+ words) HD: TRADING UPDATE OUTF: ESS UPSIDEWTC: DIGITAL POWERF: NEW LINE-UPMAERSK: UPGRADEDDSV: HOW IT LOOKSBA: 'FAIR VALUES'KNX: NEW RECORDMAERSK: DOWNGRADE Throughput last year, and up to the outbreak of the US/Israel-Iran conflict, volumes have been flat, tempered by tariffs, while…...
How the 'Hormuz Premium' has upended container trade seasonality
1+ week, 5+ day ago (594+ words) F: NEW LINE-UPMAERSK: UPGRADEDDSV: HOW IT LOOKSBA: 'FAIR VALUES'KNX: NEW RECORDMAERSK: DOWNGRADECAT: TOP PERFORMERWTC: HEADLINE RISK WEIGHSKNX: CAUTIOUS ON THE PAYOUT FDX: DEBT REDEMPTION The Hormuz crisis has upended normal container freight rate seasonality, according to Sea-Intelligence analysis, with spot rates…...
Container spot rates still rising " but demand looks set to soften
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (538+ words) Container spot rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades posted double-digit increases this week on the back of new FAK rate levels, peak season surcharges, and tighter capacity. This week's World Container Index (WCI) from Drewry recorded an 11% week-on-week increase…...
Feeders still dominate newbuild orders, but 'cautious' ONE goes large
2+ week, 1+ day ago (362+ words) The highlight among containership newbuilding orders this week is six 15, 900 teu vessels ONE is understood to have commissioned at South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The yard announced the order but did not disclose the customer's identity, however, MB Shipbrokers…...