Asia and Freight Market Update – October 2025
Ocean, air and trucking markets are being reshaped by tariff pauses, changing eCommerce patterns, capacity withdrawals and a gradual tightening in trucking supply. U.S. growth is projected to ease to…
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Asia and Freight Market Update – June 2025
Amid ongoing global disruptions, freight markets remain under pressure from tariff fallout, capacity shifts, and operational bottlenecks. Ocean carriers are navigating severe lane imbalances, air cargo is shaped by Asia-driven…
Leading shipping lines announce Asia-Europe price hike
With no significant peak season in evidence and despite record-breaking deliveries of new container ships, the three biggest carriers have announced General Rate Increases (GRIs) effective from the 1st August.…
20,000 UK businesses need to submit Plastic Packaging Tax returns
It is estimated that 20,000 manufacturers or importers, including those involved in packaging and industrial manufacturing of consumer goods, as well as food and beverage producers, and the pharmaceutical and…
Shipping lines make radical CNY capacity adjustments
In normal times we are accustomed to a spike in sea freight volumes ahead of Chinese New Year (CNY) and the container shipping lines ‘blanking’ a few sailings in the…
Demand driving up Trans-Pacific rates
Capacity constraints are being exacerbated by demand surges and equipment shortages driving container freight rates up to to 2020 highs as carriers on the eastbound trans-Pacific implement their fourth GRI since the…
However challenging we will move your cargo
Despite some lines reinstating blanked trans-pacific services, analysts suggest this does not indicate a demand rebound is underway. The Coronavirus pandemic continues to suppress global demand, leading container shipping lines…
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