Europe’s busiest inland artery is thinning to a trickle. If the Rhine stays low much past a month, the bill lands not on the barge operato...
Panama Canal Draft Cut 2026: 47.5ft Squeezes USEC
The isthmus is running dry again. From 26 August the Panama Canal starts leaving boxes on the quay — and the US East and Gulf coasts will ...
Container Shipping Oversupply 2027: Orderbook Hits 39%
For a decade, every crisis has handed the container lines another windfall. But a record orderbook and a shrinking diversion buffer are quie...
Black Sea Suezmax Rates Spike 58% as Ukraine Drones Bite
A tanker market that spent the summer looking comfortably oversupplied has repriced by more than half in a single week. The trigger is not a...
Container Spot Rates 2026: Carriers Hike a Falling Market
Freight rates have slipped for a third straight week, yet the majors are pushing four-figure increases and a fresh war-risk surcharge from...
Container Spot Rates Fall for a Third Week as Chokepoint Risk Masks Fading Demand
Global box rates have now slipped for three straight weeks, yet carriers are pushing four-figure rate increases and emergency fuel surch...
Hormuz Collapse and the Cape Reroute: How Tonne-Mile Inflation Is Flattering a Soft Tanker Market
As Strait of Hormuz traffic collapses and Saudi crude is pushed the long way round the Cape of Good Hope, a five per cent lift in tonne-mile...