container spot rates


Friday, May 16, 2025
Spot Rates Jump as Shippers Rush to Beat Tariff Clock
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Spot Rates Jump as Shippers Rush to Beat Tariff Clock

Container freight spot rates shot up on the transpacific trades this week, with an immediate surge in demand following news of a new 90-day hiatus in the

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Friday, May 2, 2025
Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Blanked Sailings Buoy Spot Rates Amid Broad Market Slide

Spot rates across all the major east-west deepsea trades continued their downward descent this week, although it has become increasingly clear that widespread

May 2, 2025
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Friday, April 25, 2025
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Blank Sailings Cushion Fall for Container Spot Rates

Container freight spot rates maintained their downward trajectory this week, as tariff uncertainty continued to plague the transpacific market and demand

April 25, 2025
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Friday, April 11, 2025
Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Tariff Turbulence Tests Container Markets, But Spot Rates Hold Firm

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Despite the huge uncertainty US tariffs have injected into container supply chains, and its potentially

April 11, 2025
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Shippers Caught in the Crossfire of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff Blitz

Sweeping new ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs set to be announced by President Donald Trump could significantly transform global shipping patterns, though

April 2, 2025
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Friday, March 7, 2025
Aerial view of a container terminal
Shipping

Asia-Europe Container Spot Rates Find a Floor—For Now

This week’s FAK rate hikes introduced by carriers on the Asia-Europe trades managed to arrest 13 weeks of successive spot freight rate

March 7, 2025
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Friday, February 21, 2025
Aerial view of a container ship
Shipping

Shipping’s Price War: Spot Rates Slide as Carriers Battle for Cargo

Container spot freight rates on the major east-west liner trades experienced another week of decline, as slack demand continued to depress

February 21, 2025
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Aerial view of a container ship
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Ocean Carriers Scramble as GRIs Hit a Wall

Blanked sailings and general rate increases (GRIs) have failed to arrest the drop in Asia-North Europe freight rates, with slot utilisation less than 95% amid

February 11, 2025
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Friday, February 7, 2025
Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Spot Rates Sink Post-CNY: Is a Price War Brewing in Asia-Europe Trades?

Despite large parts of the Chinese workforce continuing to enjoy the new year holiday, there was a partial return to work for other parts of the economy,

February 7, 2025
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Friday, January 31, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are stacked at Gwangyang port in Gwangyang, South Korea, June 14, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS
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Ocean Freight Rates Expected to Drop as Middle East Ceasefire Takes Effect

Ocean container freight rates are set to decline further in February, influenced by the Middle East ceasefire and Lunar New Year slowdown, despite

January 31, 2025
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Aerial top view of a containership underway
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Container Spot Rates Slip as Lunar New Year Lull Kicks In

Despite the muted trading activity since China’s new year holiday began this week, spot rates on most major east-west ocean trades continued to show slight

January 31, 2025
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Friday, January 24, 2025
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Container Spot Rates Dive as Lunar New Year and Suez Resumption Rattle the Market

The downward spiral of container spot freight pricing accelerated this week, as China begins its lunar new year celebrations this weekend to see in the Year of

January 24, 2025
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Aerial view of a container terminal
Shipping

Trump’s Trade Policy Uncertainty Could Send Ocean Freight Rates Higher, Xeneta Warns

President Trump‘s potential revival of sweeping import tariffs is creating widespread uncertainty in US shipping markets, with industry experts warning

January 21, 2025
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Docked cargo ships are loaded with shipping containers at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2023.
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US East Coast Shipping Rates Expected to Cool After ILA-USMX Deal

A potentially devastating strike at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports has been averted following a tentative six-year agreement between port workers and

January 9, 2025
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Shipping

Nuance in Ocean Freight Rates Could Be Another Front-Loading Tea Leaf

Ocean freight rates have jumped up  for the December 15-31 bookings signaling a tightness of space due to demand.  Logistics managers tell gCaptain the

December 11, 2024
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Friday, December 6, 2024
Shipping

Spot Rate Rollercoaster: Carriers Bank on GRIs Ahead of Lunar New Year

Asia-Europe carriers saw their early December general rate increases (GRIs) stick this week, with spot rates into both North Europe and Mediterranean ports

December 6, 2024
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Friday, November 22, 2024
Shipping

FAK Fantasy: Carriers Struggle to Keep Rates Afloat

Container spot rates were largely unchanged for a third consecutive week, as it became evident that a 15 November rate hike on Asia-Europe trades had failed to

November 22, 2024
Total Views: 1103

Friday, November 8, 2024
Shipping

Asia-Europe Container Spot Rates Surge – What’s Fueling the Off-Season Spike?

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Despite generally weak cargo demand, spot rates on the Asia-Europe trades continued to show gains this week, as

November 8, 2024
Total Views: 651

Friday, November 1, 2024
Shipping

GRI Gamble: Carriers Play Hardball with Asia-Europe Spot Rate Hikes

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Container shipping lines on the main east-west trades this week managed to reverse 15 weeks of consecutive declines

November 1, 2024
Total Views: 956

Friday, September 13, 2024
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Container Spot Rates Continue to Tumble as Peak Season Comes to Early End

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Spot freight rates on every major container lane continued to tumble over the past week as demand remained flat,

September 13, 2024
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