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Container shipping freight rates

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Report cautious on growth of box shipping rates in 2018

The global container shipping industry will see demand outstrip supply in 2018 for the first time in years, but with container liners’ unpredictable supply…
  • February 14, 2018
  • 2 minute read

Rates up but 2017 still holds further uncertainty for box shipping

Freight rates have increased, but the global container shipping market faces further volatility in 2017 arising from an unpredictable economic and geo-political situation, according…
  • January 13, 2017
  • 3 minute read

Shipping confidence on the upswing despite challenges

The confidence of the shipping industry improved for the third successive quarter in the three months to end-November 2016, reaching a 15-month high since…
  • December 26, 2016
  • 3 minute read

Box shipping’s ‘new normal’ demand growth lower than expected, says Bimco

Container shipping posted sluggish volume growth in 2015 that did not translate to higher freight rates, as both box and global gross domestics product…
  • January 27, 2016
  • 3 minute read

Supply-demand imbalance reaching ‘tipping point’—Drewry

The supply-demand gap is widening and industry load factors are worsening, making it that much harder for carriers to stem the freefall of freight…
  • July 13, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Box lines deliver strong Q1 earnings amid falling rates

Despite low rates, ocean box carriers delivered in the first quarter of this year some of their best profits in a while, but Drewry…
  • June 9, 2015
  • 2 minute read