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Week 8 Market Update

US PORT FEES THE LATEST HEADWIND FOR CONTAINER SUPPLY CHAIN   It’s a tumultuous time to be in the container supply chain, a business that lends itself not only to shopworn maritime  cliches but also time-honored truths. But to say the industry faces significant headwinds may be an understatement. The  latest shot across the bow came …

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WEEK 7 MARKET UPDATE

CONTAINER SPOT RATES SLIDE TO 2023 LOWS The container sector is heading into its normal post-Lunar New Year lull that typically lasts until April/May. The scale of  the drops in spot rates is large, but the sector still remains one of the more profitable shipping sectors. The weekly  Drewry World Container Index slumped 5% to …

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WEEK 6 MARKET UPDATE

US CONTAINER IMBALANCE WORSENS DESPITE TARIFFS   Amid escalating tensions in an ongoing trade dispute, the anticipated conversation between US President Donald Trump  and Chinese President Xi Jinping was scrapped yesterday and has yet to be rescheduled. A tariff tit-for-tat has got  underway between the world’s two largest economies with the US putting a blanket 10% …

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WEEK 5 MARKET UPDATE

BEIJING RETALIATES AS TRUMP’S CHINA TARIFFS KICK IN   Donald Trump’s fast-moving tariff tiffs with key trading partners continue to keep shipping executives on edge around  the world. Similar to the threats he made to Colombia a week prior, the American president yesterday put planned  tariffs against Mexico and Canada on hold for 30 days, saying …

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WEEK 4 MARKET UPDATE

CMA CGM TO MAINTAIN CAPE DIVERSIONS ON MAJORITY OF NETWORK   Of the top tier container lines serving the Asia – Europe trade CMA CGM is the only carrier to have maintained some  presence through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal over much of the last 14 months operating services on a case-by-case  basis. Following …

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WEEK 3 MARKET UPDATE

OCEAN ALLIANCE PUBLISHES 2025 SCHEDULES   The Ocean Alliance has unveiled its updated shipping network for 2025. The group – comprised of COSCO, OOCL,  Evergreen and CMA CGM – has provided customers with details of Suez and non-Suez routes as the ongoing Red Sea  shipping crisis sees most containerships steer clear of Houthi attacks in the …

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