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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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WEEK 1 MARKET UPDATE

US EAST COAST PORT TALKS SET TO RESUME   Talks are set to resume tomorrow between employers and dockworker unions across the US east and Gulf coasts in a  last-ditch bid to avert a strike pencilled in for January 15. Following a three-day strike last October, the International  Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reached an agreement with the …

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WEEK 53 MARKET UPDATE

HAPAG-LLOYD US PORT STRIKE SURCHARGES TO GO INTO EFFECT SAME DAY AS TRUMP INAUGURATION  Ocean container carrier Hapag-Lloyd announced two surcharges ahead of a potential strike by unionized longshore  workers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports in January. The Work Disruption Surcharge (WDS) and Work Interruption  Destination Surcharge (WID) are effective Jan. 20, 2025, …

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