#Shipping Line

World’s largest container line MSC enters air cargo market

The world's largest container shipping company, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA aims to enter the air freight market, starting the development of a ne...

Baltic Dry Index Jumps 11% on Strong Demand Across Vessel Segments

The Baltic Dry Index is now up almost 80% from its 52-week low of 965 points recorded on August 31st. Sept 20 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main s...

Freight fall corners operators with costly charters

Crumbling container freight rates have taken their toll on the newer and smaller players in the liner shipping industry, as their current earnings are insuffici...

Containership Charter Market Coming Back to Earth

There’s been a lot of speculation about when and how fast the container shipping market would return to pre-pandemic norms. Today there is more hard data indic...

Global Cargo Market Softening Points to Gloomy Christmas

Global trade bellwethers like FedEx and Cathay Pacific Airways. have cast a pall over the year-end holiday shopping season – the business slowdown they’r...

Shipping rates plunge as experts say 'unprecedented' boom has peaked

Ocean shipping rates on major trade routes have fallen by more than half since the beginning of this year, a potential sign of easing inflation pressures and allevia...

Empty Containers Will Overwhelm Ports in 2023 Warns Sea-Intelligence

Ports around the world have been complaining for nearly a year about the build-up of empty containers blaming the containers piling up in their yards as contributing...

Key spot container freight index rate falls 10% in a week

The bell weather SCFI as of 9 September stands at 2,562.12 points down 285.5 points on the level published on 2 September, a drop of 10%. The 10% fall in the contain...

Boxship charter market cools

With global liner CEOs increasingly saying the market is cooling, there’s also been a noticeable pullback in the containership charter market. Sentiment is...

CMA CGM Expects Shipping Slowdown After Another Strong Quarter

Weakening consumer spending is curbing shipping demand and freight rates, transport giant CMA CGM said on Friday as it reported another jump in quarterly profit...

CMA CGM Expects Shipping Slowdown After Another Strong Quarter

Weakening consumer spending is curbing shipping demand and freight rates, transport giant CMA CGM said on Friday as it reported another jump in quarterly profit...

Container shipping profits will drop by 80% in 2023/24: HSBC report

  After two years of unprecedented rises container freight rates were seen as having peaked with a downcycle in 2023 -  2024 driven by overcapacity. How...

US shipper complaint filed with FMC against Yang Ming settled out of court

A complaint filed in March 2022 with the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) by Achim Importing Company, a home furnishings company based in New Jersey, against Yan...

Peak freight season is underway and there’s no end in sight for congestion

Peak season for ocean freight is underway and DHL Global Forwarding says it’s way too early to declare a softening in trade volumes and a decrease in congestio...

Capacity size gap between the largest carriers and the rest of the field now bigger than ever

The capacity size gap between the largest carriers and the rest of the field is now bigger than ever, according to data carried in the latest weekly report from Alph...