The WSJ’s Sarah Nassauer, Suzanne Kapner and Nick Timiraos report the trends on store shelves may be another sign that inflation is starting to turn a corner. Many companies raised their prices substantially last year to offset higher fuel costs and higher prices for ingredients, parts and labor. Now, some of those costs are coming […]
Read MoreA slowdown in production typically takes place in the period around the Chinese Lunar New Year (CNY) with shipping lines blanking sailings to balance supply with demand. Yet, despite a market faced with stagnated demand growth and declining freight rates, carriers have not acted to reduce additional capacity during CNY 2023. Sea-Intelligence data […]
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) and European Parliament reached an agreement on December 17, 2022, to reform the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) which now includes the maritime sector under the scheme. Going forward, shipping companies will have to pay for carbon emissions in Europe. The new regulation will take effect by 2024, with a phase-in […]
Read MoreThe ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have announced plans to phase out the program created to ease severe congestion on the West Coast. The container dwell fee policy will end on January 24, 2023. Neither port had ever issued the fee since it was announced on 25 October, 2021. The two ports combined […]
Read MoreBooking levels are showing no signs of increasing through the peak shipping period. Having moved up shipping schedules and increasing inventories in response to supply chain disruptions, U.S. and European businesses remain well-stocked with goods this year. Container Trade Statistics (CTS) data shows the demand collapse escalated in October. In a LinkedIn post, Lars Jensen, […]
Read MoreAccording to CLIVE Data Services, air cargo volumes have declined -8% year-on-year, for an eighth consecutive month in October. The market outlook “remains uncertain” with “no indication there will be a peak” during the traditional Christmas peak weeks, said CLIVE. The drop in demand, measured in chargeable weight, stayed -3% below the pre-pandemic level […]
Read MoreGlobal merchandise trade is set to slow next year, facing headwinds ranging from Russia’s war in Ukraine, high energy costs in Europe and the tightening of U.S. monetary policy leading to higher manufacturing costs and squeezing households, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said The WTO said it expects trade growth to only increase 1% […]
Read MoreGeneral airfreight spot rates fell -9% year-on-year in September, below the 2021 level for the first time this year, as growing global cargo capacity continues to outpace air cargo volumes, CLIVE Data Services reported. Niall van de Wouw, chief airfreight officer at Xeneta said there are “no indications” demand will increase again. He noted some […]
Read MoreCarriers have boosted the number of blanked sailings, eliminating around 1.5m TEU of capacity over the last 12 weeks to counter plummeting spot rates. However, rates have collapsed by -46.3% over the same period, Xeneta data shows. This is the highest number of blanked sailings on this key trade since January and February, at a […]
Read MoreSeveral shipping liner executives predicted a gradual decline in spot container rates levels during their latest quarterly calls. Maersk CFO Patrik Jany said it would be a “progressive erosion” not “a one-day drop”, while Matson CEO Matt Cox noted rates were “adjusting slowly” and not “falling off a cliff”. Yet, container spot rates appear […]
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