container spot rates

By Charlie Bartlett (The Loadstar) – The downward trend of the Drewry World Container Index (WCI) continued this week, showing average rates have fallen

By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) — Spot rates for shipping containers fell for the first time in almost three months amid signs demand is cooling after US

The dramatic surge in ocean freight container shipping rates appears to be reaching its peak as importers push back against rising spot rates, according to

LOS ANGELES, July 15 (Reuters) – The cost to ship a standard 40-foot container of toys, auto parts or other goods from Shanghai to New York has

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Spot freight rate levels on the major east-west container trades this week remained flat, as the third-quarter peak

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Since the 1 July implementation of a series of peak season surcharges (PSS) and new FAK (freight all kinds) levels,

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – As expected after last week’s surge in spot rate levels, this week saw more modest gains thanks to a week’s

Ocean freight container shipping spot rates are set to increase further, but growth may be slowing, according to ocean freight rate benchmarking firm Xeneta.

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – There were further double-digit increases in container spot freight rates this week, after a series of general rate

By Elke Ahlswede BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) – Hapag-Lloyd Chief Executive Rolf Habben Jansen said on Wednesday that demand for container

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES, May 31 (Reuters) – Spiking ocean shipping rates, vessel backups at seaports and empty container

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – The sense of genuine anger amongst North European shippers and freight forwarders was palpable this week as they

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – “You take away all sense and rationale. And whatever is left, is the container shipping market,” said Peter

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – A strengthening demand scenario on the Asia-European trades appears to have caught carriers and forwarders by

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – While container spot rates on the Asia-Europe and Asia-North America trades continued to remain elevated, year on

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Container spot freight rates on the main deepsea east-west trades continued their gentle descent over the course of

OPENHAGEN, March 14 (Reuters) – The global container shipping market faces overcapacity in the coming years and the rates paid by customers have

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Based upon initial feedback to The Loadstar, there appears to have been only a handful of shippers,

By Mike Wackett in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – Some 4,000 container shipping industry attendees are assembling at the Long Beach Convention Center in

Houthi attacks on shipping have triggered a sharp rise in ocean freight rates, surpassing the speed of increase experienced during the initial phase of the