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Container Spot Rates Tumble as Six-Week Rally Ends, Carriers Ramp Up Discounts and Blank Sailings

April 20, 2026 6784 Read More

Container freight spot rates have fallen sharply across major east-west trade routes this week, bringing a six-week rally to a halt, as the market adjusts to easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle

Blank Sailings on Transpacific Keep Rates from Collapsing

May 06, 2025 8658 Read More

Spot rates across all the major east-west deepsea trades continued their downward descent this week, although it has become increasingly clear that widespread blanked sailings on the transpacific trad

First LPG Gas Carriers Fitted with Sails for Wind-Assisted Propulsion

October 12, 2024 7320 Read More

Further demonstrating the growing interest in wind-assisted propulsion emerging in the industry, Anthony Veder, a leading operator of gas carriers, completed the first installation of wind-assisted pr

All Maersk Asia/Middle East – Europe sailings Cape-bound until mid-Feb

December 25, 2023 3501 Read More

Shippers and consignees whose shipments are traditionally routed through the Suez Canal can expect longer transit times

Maersk sails into the charter market as it prepares for independence

December 01, 2023 7752 Read More

Maersk is preparing for an early termination of its 2M partnership with MSC by reinforcing its fleet, most recently fixi

Container lines look set to be sailing in 'choppy water'

August 25, 2023 2673 Read More

The prospect of new employment for smaller containerships with expiring charters is deteriorating at pace, with owners n

Shippers will live with blanked sailings – so long as rates are held

August 18, 2023 3382 Read More

Blanked sailings and vessel slidings, departures pushed to the following week to enable better utilisation, are not caus

CMA CGM hikes rates even as record ultra-large newbuild tonnage sails in

July 06, 2023 6328 Read More

CMA CGM yesterday followed Maersk’s shock price announcement on Monday with a big hike in its Asia-North Europe rates.T

More pressure on box ship charter rates, but MPVs sail smoother

January 11, 2023 8978 Read More

Having lost about 80% of their daily hire rate values last year, the containership charter market has now stabilise

Ocean carriers plan to blank half their sailings from Asia, post-CNY

December 19, 2022 7105 Read More

Against a background of extremely weak demand forecasts, ocean carriers are preparing to blank around half their adverti

Liners are turning into tramp operators as they blank more sailings

December 08, 2022 8803 Read More

Ocean carriers are ramping up their efforts to halt the relentless erosion of container spot rates by blanking more sail

Sign of the times as world's largest boxship sails light on its maiden voyage

December 07, 2022 6497 Read More

The 24,004 teuEver Atoptransited the Suez Canal over the weekend on its maiden voyage to North Europe, apparently less t

The Importance of Sailing Schedules. Why do you need vessel schedules?

September 22, 2022 7143 Read More

The changing schedules of millions of vessels make shipping more difficult for importers and exporters each year. For an

“It’s a big day for trade. It’s a big day for our country,” Trump said.

September 01, 2018 728 Read More

The US and Mexico have reached a breakthrough in efforts to revamp the Nafta trade agreement, potentially ending an acri

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