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: Sea Freight
When shipping contracts take control
The ongoing disruption in the Middle East has triggered a wave of carrier advisories, with many referencing “force majeure.” In reality, shipping lines rarely need to rely on force majeure…
Container Shipping Reliability Tightens and Challenges Grow
Ocean freight is in a phase where network structure and external factors, rather than simple supply-demand balance, is shaping outcomes. Alliances are consolidating, regional services are expanding and carriers are…
Trans-Pacific Sea Freight’s Early CNY Peaks
As 2026 begins, trans-Pacific ocean freight is being reshaped by an earlier-than-expected pre-Chinese New Year surge, tighter capacity and disciplined carrier behaviour — a scenario that calls for proactive planning…
Sea Freight Moves into 2026 as Chinese New Year Looms
Carriers have been working hard to hold rates relatively stable by aggressively managing capacity. However, this stability is fragile. Structural oversupply has not disappeared, and the seasonal distortion created by…
Asia–Europe Ocean Rates Climb as Capacity Tightens Across Q4
A sharp shift in carrier behaviour is reshaping the Asia–Europe ocean market through the final quarter of the year. Repeated rate increases, widespread blank sailings and aggressive capacity withdrawals have…
What Shippers Should Prepare for in 2026
The outlook for US ocean freight in 2026 is being shaped by two powerful and unpredictable forces: a potential wave of inventory replenishment and the gradual return of container vessels…
Port Strikes Underline Supply Chain Fragility
Labour disputes at two of Northern Europe’s busiest container gateways - Rotterdam and Antwerp - severely disrupted cargo flows earlier this month, with ripple effects reaching transatlantic supply chains. Although…
Container Shipping in 2026: Why Resilience Will Prevail
Predictions of a container shipping downturn in 2026 are growing louder, but the industry’s fundamentals suggest otherwise. While global trade growth will slow, the structural strengths of the sector, from…
Carriers Step Up Golden Week Blank Sailings
Container shipping lines are accelerating capacity cuts in a bid to stabilise freight markets, as Golden Week factory closures in China approach and spot rates continue to slide across major…
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