ocean freight rates
- Container
Freight economist to government: Stay out of ocean shipping mess
Ports and inland transportation connections are choking on ocean imports. A top economist says don’t blame ocean carriers.
Read More » - American Shipper
FreightWaves Flashback: A simple error in measurement
1978: More than a decade ago, someone accepted the measurement given in a manufacturer’s advertisement at face value. The figure has been used since then…
Read More » - Maritime
The mystery of the frozen trans-Pacific spot rates
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?
Read More » - News
Upside down: Asia-to-Oceania rates rise but volumes fall
When demand falls, prices fall too — or they should. Yet on the southbound Asia-Oceania trade lane rates are up but volumes are down.
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Are box shipping rate spikes sustainable?
Asia-Europe and Asia-U.S. spot freight rates jumped 12-30% last week, but can carriers hold on to the gains?
Read More » - Company earnings
Dry bulk operator Pacific Basin’s profit sinks 73 percent
Jim Wilson reports on Hong Kong-listed dry bulk ocean shipping company Pacific Basin's earnings.
Read More » - Asia-Pacific
Decline in box rates flattens out
Box shipping executives may allow themselves a small sigh of relief as the latest freight rates data shows that the recent decline in freight rates…
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