The imperative to decarbonise the global shipping industry is clear and present, however, many of the world’s largest importers and exporters are insufficiently informed...

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Is it time for container spot rates to arrest their fall?

Container News Team - November 7, 2022 0

It has been a norm for the Global Container Spot Rate Indices to have weekly falls in rates, one after the other, ever since...

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Informall BG: Restoration of direct container shipping to Ukraine is a humanitarian need

Container News Team - October 31, 2022 0

Ukrainian company Informall BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa, suggests another way to address both, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine...

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What’s happening in the container market?

Container News Team - October 25, 2022 0

Following a period of historically high freight rates, the container sector is now experiencing a correction. The container freight market is said to have...

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Digitalisation: Charterers have a strategic decision to make

Container News Team - October 21, 2022 0

Easing congestion across the global supply chain has reduced the need for charterers to scramble for vessels. At the same time, this presents new...

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Sri Lanka: Ports as a premier bunker oil supplier

Container News Team - September 29, 2022 0

Lest we forget, this whole idea of becoming South Asia's maritime hub did not happen overnight – it was a decades-long approach of bringing...

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Congestion, a big piece of the supply and demand puzzle

Container News Team - September 22, 2022 0

Introduction Dry bulk and container shipping markets have exhibited sharp declines in earnings over the summer. Many have attributed this to a drop in congestion....

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Market report: “Container shipping market turns a corner … in lockstep?”

Container News Team - September 15, 2022 0

Global container shipping turned a corner in the second quarter of 2022 according to the findings of the latest Quarterly Review of the market...

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Drewry rejects 20ft containers extinction scenarios

Container News Team - September 13, 2022 0

Following a contraction in output of newbuild 20ft shipping containers in 2021, ordering has recovered strongly this year, and Drewry expects its share of...

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Container spot rates on a free-slide

Container News Team - September 12, 2022 0

The Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) slid another 5.01% to end at US$5,378.68. The fall has been so sharp, such that the Index has...

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Drewry reports changes to global port capacity forecast, presents leading terminal operators

Container News Team - August 12, 2022 0

Widespread container shipping trade recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted the global terminal capacity outlook, supported by global terminal operators’...

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Felixstowe strike poses challenge to supply chains

Container News Team - August 11, 2022 0

Port workers at Felixstowe are set to strike for eight days from Sunday 21 August until Monday 29 August, after rejecting the latest pay...

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