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Coronavirus fallout is beginning to show up in freight rates for outbound containerized cargoes from China. The price to ship a forty-foot-equivalent unit (FEU) container on various trade lanes is tracked by the Freightos Baltic Daily Index. The price to ship from China to the North American West...

We are now less than a month away from the implementation of new shipping regulations that will have an impact on the price of every single item that is shipped by sea. These standards are part of a long-planned effort to curb pollution caused by the global shipping industry. But it is not CO2...

Blanked container services and increased demand ahead of an early Lunar New Year in 2020 look set to support container spot freight rates in the weeks ahead. Indeed, there is already evidence that slot availability at load ports in Asia is tightening. "We've had a lot of service cancellations by...

The average size of container ships deployed on the Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific trades is continuing to rise as carriers take delivery of ultra-large vessels. According to the latest analysis by Alphaliner, container lines are removing smaller vessels on the world's two highest volume box...

Container shipping lines will attempt to pass on extra fuel costs due to the introduction of low-sulfur IMO 2020 fuels next year. If shippers prove unwilling to foot the bill, carriers will likely make major cuts to service levels, according to new analysis by Drewry Shipping Consultants. The...