Trans-Pacific spot index rates haven’t budged from the same peak band for the past 10 weeks. How is this possible in a competitive free market?
Container shipping stocks are back to pre-COVID levels whereas many tanker and bulker stocks are down by double-digits year-to-date.
There will be no letup in booming container imports in 2020. The only question now is how long it lasts into 2021.
The pandemic is driving people to drink more. Bulk ocean shipments of wine in flexitanks are up 30% this year.
Panama Canal congestion is not impeding transits of container ships but it is pumping up spot rates for LNG and LPG carriers.
The total market capitalization of U.S.-listed ocean shipping stocks has plunged 34% in 2020, but there are reasons for hope in 2021.
Bulk soybean and corn exports are way up, but containerized ag exports are waylaid by equipment shortfalls and Chinese inspections.
As COVID hospitalizations surge and business restrictions mount, could U.S. importers be overshooting the mark?
Maersk confirms that cargo demand looks strong through year-end, bucking the usual seasonal trend.
Hapag-Lloyd sees strength until “at least Chinese New Year” and a challenge to “get containers where they need to be.”
There are not enough containers in China to handle all the U.S.-bound cargo — and box factories are now sold out into Q2.
Freight forwarder guides customers through online shopping shift and transport capacity choke points.
The one-two punch of the Pfizer vaccine and Joe Biden’s victory will affect container and tanker shipping in multiple ways.
U.S.-listed carrier reveals the latest on trans-Pacific holiday rush, restocking, e-commerce spike and port congestion.
The trans-Pacific market is bursting at the seams as shippers rush in holiday cargoes.
A half-dozen basic physical characteristics of ocean containers should be considered before shippers or their packers stuff them.
What happens next at the IMO will affect oceangoing ship capacity — and freight rates — for decades to come.
More recovery signals: container lease pricing up over 50% versus second quarter, new container prices up 40% year-to-date.
On a collision course: holiday timing, surging consumer demand, thin inventories, and capacity constraints for container liners and ports.
Cargo mix and larger locks kept Panama Canal volumes rising despite headwinds.
