Zim continues to outpace growth rates of rival container shipping lines, but investor demand fears are on the rise.
Container shipping spot rates are easing, at least temporarily, and far fewer ships are stuck waiting off U.S. ports.
Ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd sees consumer demand and spot rates slipping, with market highs in the rearview mirror.
First came a pause in cargo bookings to Russia. Now, ocean carriers have halted almost all of their Russian port calls.
Shares of ocean shipping companies have given back much of their 2022 gains after another big sell-off.
U.S. regulators have ordered the world’s largest ocean carriers to submit more pricing and capacity data to help protect shipping markets from anticompetitive practices.
‘Right now, we don’t see a huge buildup of volumes because of the closedown in Shanghai,’ reports Maersk CEO Soren Skou.
New container prices, new production, lease rates, lease durations and used container prices are all down.
Container-ship transits of the Panama Canal are up as liners favor the East Coast. LNG transits are down as U.S. gas heads to Europe.
New reports from Maersk, Kuehne+Nagel and Drewry point to an ongoing boom for container shipping lines.
Retail stock pickers seem increasingly nervous about shipping. Shares of dry bulk, tanker, container and mixed-fleet owners all fell.
The Shanghai lockdown isn’t following the same supply chain script as the big Chinese disruptions of 2020 and 2021.
The trans-Pacific container trade is vastly different than pre-pandemic, with more ships, more competition, and a new leader: Maersk.
Russian imports via ocean, truck, rail and air are now being simultaneously squeezed. Shipping data shows growing pressure.
The future of global supply chains is in flux. The pandemic was a game changer. Then came the war.
America’s largest container port, Los Angeles, just posted the best March and best first quarter in its history.
The debate heats up on whether this is the beginning of the end of container shipping’s bull run.
RH confirms sharp drop in demand since Russia-Ukraine war and sees no supply chain relief.
Charter rates hold steady at their peak as the seemingly neverending container shipping boom continues.
Some shipping shares are rising because of war tailwinds. Others are rising despite war headwinds.
