Sea-Intelligence
- Maritime
Container-ship building spree not over yet; new orders still rising
A flood of newly built container ships will be delivered by shipyards in 2023-25. Can liners maintain pricing power?
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Shanghai lockdown is not causing global supply chain chaos (yet)
The Shanghai lockdown isn’t following the same supply chain script as the big Chinese disruptions of 2020 and 2021.
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Supply chain whack-a-mole: West Coast eases, East Coast worsens
There are now more container ships waiting off East and Gulf Coast ports than there are off Los Angeles/Long Beach.
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Imports take ‘dramatically longer’ to reach US as bottlenecks bite
No letup yet: It’s taking even longer for Asian exports to get across Pacific to American buyers.
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Shadow inflation: Shipping costs are up way more than you think
Ocean cargo shippers are paying more than they ever have before for the worst service they’ve ever experienced.
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Full steam ahead: Why container ships are racing across the Pacific
Container ships in the congestion-plagued trans-Pacific trade have stepped on the gas, with some vessels now topping 20 knots.
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Importers lost their pricing power. How should they adapt?
Now that shipping lines hold the pricing cards, importers must reset strategies, says Sea-Intelligence’s Jochen Gutschmidt.
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Trans-Pacific contract rates slip from peak but still historic
U.S. importers will be paying a lot more for annual ocean contracts this year, but pricing inflation has eased.
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Could America’s historic import crunch get even worse?
California’s container-ship traffic jam is slightly less jammed but import pressure remains high. One analyst warns the worst may be yet to come.
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Ocean carriers hold all the cards in contract talks with shippers
It’s not just small and midsized importers that face massive contract rate hikes. Even the biggest shippers will feel the pain.
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