Port congestion growing
The additional two weeks it takes for ships to sail around the Cape of Good Hope as a result of the Red Sea conflict’s effective closure of the Suez Canal…
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Ex-Asia spot rates rise with cargo rolled
As predicted in our last freight market report the container shipping lines believe that volumes are rebounding to Europe, with projections for US imports also increasing and with capacity squeezed…
Cape diversions are the new normal (for now)
The Houthi attacks on commercial shipping began in December 2023 and show no sign of ending, with the major container shipping lines scheduling the 3,500 mile diversion around the Cape of Good Hope…
The Red Sea Crisis: Tracking the diverted vessels
Following the early January escalation of attacks on container ships off the coast of Yemen the major container shipping lines began diverting vessels away from the Suez Canal and around…
Sea freight capacity cuts ex Asia to USA and Europe
With less than four weeks before China’s national Golden Week holiday (1st-7th October) following which the traditional slack season begins, the container shipping lines are ramping-up their trans-Pacific and North…
Mixed performance on sea freight lanes
Last week’s spot rate data saw trans-Pacific rates into the US West and East Coasts increase for the 3rd consecutive week, while rates from Asia into North Europe flatlined, Asia…
China and Western supply chains are interlocked
The countries with which China has the closest economic relationships are Western, including America, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and Germany and China’s export industries remain highly dependent on Western demand.…
Asia freight market update; February 2023
The traditional Chinese New Year air and sea freight demand spike was extremely muted this year, with the container shipping lines reducing the number of westbound departures due to the…
Asia freight market update; December
Our final Asia freight market report of the year includes the latest news from China, as the country finally relaxes COVID control measures and provides multi-modal situation updates and insights,…
Rates soften despite disruption at European ports
Market analysts are surprised that freight rates from Asia to Europe have fallen so far in the third quarter (Q3) despite the fact that schedule reliability is only 30% and…
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