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Marine World
Asian-Europe Container Freight Rally Pauses as Spot Rates Soften
It seems the recent container freight spot rate rally on the Asia-North Europe trade might have come to an end,…
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Container Spot Rates Surge as June GRIs Kick In
Container spot freight rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades saw a massive jump this week, as a series of…
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Spot Rates Jump as Shippers Rush to Beat Tariff Clock
Container freight spot rates shot up on the transpacific trades this week, with an immediate surge in demand following news…
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Port News
Shanghai spot box rates to US west coast leap 31% in just one week
Friday’s weekly publishing of spot rates from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange has given a stark picture of the frenzy building…
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Blanked Sailings Buoy Spot Rates Amid Broad Market Slide
Spot rates across all the major east-west deepsea trades continued their downward descent this week, although it has become increasingly…
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Blank Sailings Cushion Fall for Container Spot Rates
Container freight spot rates maintained their downward trajectory this week, as tariff uncertainty continued to plague the transpacific market and…
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Port of Long Beach Claims Top Spot as U.S. Ports Brace for Trade War Hit
The Port of Long Beach has emerged as America’s busiest container port in the first quarter of 2025, achieving record-breaking…
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Tariff Turbulence Tests Container Markets, But Spot Rates Hold Firm
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Despite the huge uncertainty US tariffs have injected into container supply chains, and its…
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Port News
A blank spot in cadet training?
Andrew Craig-Bennett calls for new requirements before going to sea. The need to recruit cadets is constant and many, but…
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Marine World
Asia-Europe Container Spot Rates Find a Floor—For Now
This week’s FAK rate hikes introduced by carriers on the Asia-Europe trades managed to arrest 13 weeks of successive spot…
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