The Loadstar

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Transpacific ocean carriers are holding on to as much of their Red Sea crisis-induced gains as they can, heading into

By Mike Wackett Import container throughput at the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is booming, with the neighbour facilities reporting

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates on the transatlantic shot up this week and, ahead of Chinese New Year tomorrow, transpacific rates

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Asia-North Europe shippers have adapted their supply chains to the longer transit times around Africa, but now they

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Japanese ocean carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) reported an operating loss of $248m for the final three months of

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Brokers are reporting more “heightened activity” in the containership charter market as ocean carriers fight to

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – As long as they are able to obtain premium rates, ocean carriers could decide to increase the service speed of their

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The liner industry’s new vessel-sharing alliance, the Gemini Cooperation, will buck the recent trend of direct port

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The Red Sea crisis, driving extended voyage times around Africa, is creating simulated cargo demand and masking the

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shippers and consignees whose shipments are traditionally routed through the Suez Canal can expect longer transit

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are imposing emergency peak season surcharges (PSSs) as global supply chains face weeks of disruption

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Better than expected forward demand prospects across major and secondary tradelanes is encouraging ocean carriers back

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Asia-Europe ocean carriers are making one final attempt to hike rates on the troubled tradelane next year. Hapag-Lloyd

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Notwithstanding three attempts at GRIs (general rate increases) in 45 days, Asia-North Europe container spot rates have

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar)- Not only do ocean carriers have too many ships, they also have too many containers to fill vessels that are being deployed. In

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – MSC has slapped a bumper $297 per teu surcharge on shipments transiting the Panama Canal in response to the

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – French carrier CMA CGM is set to become the first major carrier to apply a new surcharge on shipments transiting the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – After recording gains across the board last week, the container spot market indices are back to flashing red for the

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Greece-based non-operating containership owner (NOO) Danaos recorded another strong result in the third quarter,

By Alexander Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Carriers are themselves driving the rates ‘race to the bottom’ they warned would lead to a “dire