Reshaping global freight flows
The impact of events in the Middle East is affect freight networks far beyond the region itself, with knock-on impacts emerging across both air cargo and ocean shipping markets. What…
Archive: Air Freight
Air cargo markets tighten as Middle East disruption impacts global capacity
The disruption across the Middle East is beginning to alter the balance of global air cargo capacity, creating tighter supply on several major trade corridors and raising the likelihood of…
Air Freight Enters a New Phase
Air cargo markets opened 2026 looking buoyant, but the early strength masks a more complex reality. Demand patterns are shifting away from predictable e-commerce expansion toward fragmented, corridor-specific flows shaped…
Air Freight Holds Momentum Despite Mixed Signals
As the air cargo market moved out of 2025 and into 2026, demand and pricing on key east-west lanes remained resilient, driven by end-of-year shipment surges and strong export activity…
Trans-Pacific Air Cargo Surge
The build-up to the Black Friday and Christmas shopping seasons has added sustained pressure to already busy lanes, tightening available space and pushing rates higher across key corridors. The combination…
China Airfreight Market Squeezed
Airfreight pricing out of China has climbed steeply in recent weeks as a perfect storm of seasonal demand, severe weather and rail disruption has tightened available capacity. Rates on key…
Asia Pacific Air Freight Grows as China’s eCommerce Slows
With China–US trade constrained by new trade regulations, Asia Pacific is emerging as a dynamic air cargo market, showing faster volume recovery on transpacific and Asia–Europe routes. Air cargo demand…
De Minimis Ends for China and Hong Kong
The U.S. is closing a long-standing trade loophole that once allowed millions of parcels from China to enter the country duty-free. From 2 May 2025, the de minimis threshold—which exempts…
Air freight rates ex Hong Kong hold steady despite pressures
Airfreight rates from Hong Kong maintained their strength in February, remaining above last year’s figures despite market uncertainty stemming from trade policies and seasonal trends. Data from the Baltic Exchange…
Asia and freight market update; January 2025
The global freight market enters 2025 amidst significant geopolitical and economic developments that could reshape key trade routes and pricing dynamics. President Trump’s protectionist trade measures have raised concerns about…
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Freight outlook 2025
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Container Shipping Faces A Decade of Oversupply
Global container shipping lines are bracing for a decade of structural oversupply, with new vessel…
Asia and freight market update; June 2024
The OECD, WTO and IMF are predicting that global trade growth could more than double…