Showing posts with label Freight rates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freight rates. Show all posts

Rhine Low Water 2026: German Industry Faces Freight Squeeze

Friday, August 07, 2026
Rhine Low Water 2026: German Industry Faces Freight Squeeze

  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

Friday, August 07, 2026
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%

Friday, August 07, 2026
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

Monday, August 03, 2026
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

Sunday, August 02, 2026
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

Saturday, August 01, 2026
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

Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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...