container spot rates


Friday, August 25, 2023
Port of Rotterdam. Photo Credit: Aerovista Luchtfotografie / Shutterstock.com
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Asia-North Europe Rates Sinking Again as GRIs ‘Run Out of Steam’

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are giving back their recent Asia-North Europe FAK rate increases via heavy discounts for October

August 25, 2023
Total Views: 1165

Friday, August 18, 2023
Aerial view of a container ship
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More Blanked Sailings and Rate Increases for Transatlantic Shipping

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates on the transatlantic came under renewed pressure this week, obliging ocean carriers to cut

August 18, 2023
Total Views: 1457

Wednesday, August 2, 2023
The CMA CGM Marco Polo container ship passes under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, to enter New York Harbor. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Transatlantic Carriers Change Course

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Transatlantic container rates from North Europe to the US east coast have fallen below pre-pandemic levels after ocean

August 2, 2023
Total Views: 3230

Friday, July 21, 2023
Aerial top view of a containership underway
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Container Spot Rates: Mixed Fortunes on Transpacific and Transatlantic Trade Lanes

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates from Asia to the US spiked this week, while carriers managed to halt the decline in short-term

July 21, 2023
Total Views: 1109

Friday, May 26, 2023
Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Peak Season Hope Fades as Container Freight Rates Slip Again

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The prospect of a traditional peak season is slipping away with each week that passes and ocean carriers are as yet

May 26, 2023
Total Views: 3658

Friday, April 28, 2023
cargo ships loading at port of oakland
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Soft Demand Pushes Ocean Spot Rates to ‘Lowest Sustainable Level’

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Weak demand in the three major ocean trades, coupled with the expected flood of new tonnage, will feed declining

April 28, 2023
Total Views: 1399

Friday, March 17, 2023
Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Is Container Shipping’s Rate Erosion Over?

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The ‘jury is out’ on whether container spot rates have bottomed-out, but on the key transpacific and Asia to Europe

March 17, 2023
Total Views: 5027

Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Aerial photo of MSC ships at the port of Long Beach
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Container Shipping: Tables Have Turned at TPM 2023

By Mike Wackett in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – One year ago, there were more than 100 ships waiting outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,

February 28, 2023
Total Views: 7086

Monday, February 27, 2023
Rumble in Long Beach: Shippers ‘Back for Blood’ as Container Shipping Contract Season Kicks Off
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Rumble in Long Beach: Shippers ‘Back for Blood’ as Container Shipping Contract Season Kicks Off

By Lisa Baertlein LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb 27 (Reuters) – Collapsing ocean shipping rates are not all good news for U.S. retailers,

February 27, 2023
Total Views: 9015

Friday, January 13, 2023
Maersk ship entering the Port of Rotterdam
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Ocean Carriers Hoping for Post-CNY Demand Surge

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers do not expect consumer demand in North Europe to recover until at least March, when they hope container

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 908

Friday, October 21, 2022
Aerial top view of a containership at port. Stock Photo: Shutterstock/Avigator Fortuner
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Export Markets ‘Destabilized’ as Carriers ‘Undersell’ Capacity

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Ocean carriers are endeavouring to top up their ships from China with heavily discounted spot cargo as their contracted

October 21, 2022
Total Views: 1941