Asia to US East/West Coast rate disparity falls
Historically East Coast sea freight rates from Asia have always been significantly higher than West Coast rates, because much smaller traffic volumes were routed to the East Coast, but recent…
Author: Paul Kelly
EU rolling out CO2 linked road toll increases
European road freight rates will be under pressure from the 1st December as a new toll system linked to CO2 emissions begins its roll-out in Germany, with the rest of…
Moving the ride for off-season
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Clarity; Tracking with verified data
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Panama Canal restrictions may trigger supply chain changes
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Boost for global air freight market
Global air freight indexes suggest that freight rates may not only be stabilising, but even rising on some routes and while there is no evidence of any significant peak the…
Shipping lines working hard to restore rates
The container shipping lines are fighting to impose freight rate increases across the major Atlantic and Pacific trade-lanes, in an attempt to recover operations back into the black and lose…
EU end carrier anti-trust exemption
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Container shipping line options for 2024
Despite vocal shipper complaints and the EU’s subsequent action on CBER, there’s no compelling case that carriers abused market power during the pandemic. In fact the extraordinary impact of COVID…
Asia and freight market update; October 2023
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