Houthis Target Two More Merchant Ships with New Attacks The Houthi militants targeted both a British and an American ship overnight as they vowed to continue their attacks. This came just a day after the UK’s Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK believed the militants still had “an appetite” to continue targeting ships despite …
RED SEA-DRIVEN SURGE IN CONTAINER SHIPPING RATES LOSES MOMENTUM Mass diversions of container ships around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope caused spot rates to surge, but the Red Sea effect has a limit, which may have already been reached. Upward momentum has slackened. Rates in most lanes have leveled off. Several indexes for European lanes …
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS GETS $226M FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL Efforts to build an international container terminal at the Port of New Orleans capable of handling ultra large container vessels got a boost Monday from the federal government. The port announced it was awarded an additional $226.2 million grant to assist in constructing the $1.8 …
CONTAINER SHIPPING RATES SPIKE AS RED SEA CRISIS DRAWS FIRST BLOOD For cargo importers, the outlook is now clear: higher freight costs and longer delays. For liner profits, sentiment is increasingly bullish — but there are uncertainties. Spot rates and surcharges are rising fast, but liner costs are also increasing due to much higher fuel …
Container shipping outlook 2024: Rising risk of delays, disruptions The supply chain crisis is long over, but America’s importers still have a lot to keep them up at night as they plan for 2024. Two key container shipping “chokepoints” — the Panama Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea — are simultaneously under …
CONTAINER SHIPPING OUTLOOK 2024: RISING RISK OF DELAYS, DISRUPTIONS The supply chain crisis is long over, but America’s importers still have a lot to keep them up at night as they plan for 2024. Two key container shipping “chokepoints” — the Panama Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea — are simultaneously under …
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