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Containers
Customers complain of ONE launch chaos
Forwarders and NVOCCs struggling to find people to talk to over problems at ONE
Why it’s time to pull maritime safety out of the dark ages
Containers Data Hub
Freight Rates
World Container Index assessed by Drewry
Drewry Shipping Consultants compiles the World Container Index, a composite of freight rates on eight major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia
Freight Rates
The CTS Global Aggregated Price Index
Independent monthly price index. Information on all lines belonging to World Liner Data
Supply & Demand
Load Factors
Freight-rate forecasts for the coming quarters based on projections of estimated vessel utilisation on the major trade lanes
Trade Volumes
Global Container Trade Volumes
Container Trades Statistics is an independent company that collects and aggregates cargo volumes from container lines that belong to World Liner Data Ltd, and, using sources from Lines’ financial and other information to estimate 100% of the trades
Charter Rates
New ConTex
The Hamburg Shipbrokers Association publishes the New ConTex index of time charter rates for six selected ship types, which are representative of their size categories, based on information provided by 17 independent shipbroker panellists
Fleet Statistics
Carriers Containership Fleets
Alphaliner, the leading industry data provider, produces a constantly updated and consolidated ranking of the largest containership operators as well as global capacity figures
Opinion
Will Li Ka-shing's retirement give Chinese ports giants a chance to buy?
Price might be the only issue but timing is everything
Why counter-intuitive boxship ordering makes sense
Asia-Europe trade success means reducing slot costs through the operation of ultra large 20,000 teu-class containerships
The price of going green
Shippers and BCOs should prepare to pay more as the costs of environmental regulation are passed on by container carriers
Slowly does it
Linton Nightingale
Global box growth maintains moderate inclination and China remains the chief driver
Port data
Interactive
The figures behind the rankings. Compare and contrast different ports across multiple years
Containers Magazine
Five Things to Watch: Containers
Recovery ground remains shaky on potential regulatory changes and continued newbuilding orders
Deadlock threatens to undermine Spanish port reforms
The clock is ticking to put reforms into effect, but with unions and port employers at a standstill, the EU could soon be left red-faced
Market insight
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Latest From Charter rates, Freight rates, Between the lines & Containers
Box spot rates to come under increasing downward pressure
No let-up in rate erosion as carriers latest capacity injection takes hold
Charter market sentiment stays strong
Rates head north amid fixture frenzy as carriers rush to secure tonnage needs from a dwindling idle fleet
Ocean freight rates stable on major east-west trades
Spot prices flat as lunar new year holiday period begins, with Asia-Europe prices up slightly compared with 2017 and transpacific prices down by around 15%
Ports and Logistics
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Latest From Ports and Logistics
Singapore Maritime Week looks to the future of shipping
More effort may be needed to attract shipping companies to list in the city state and to keep its market share in bunkering
British ports press government for border money post-Brexit
Ports lobby group warns that government cannot settle for just hiring extra border control staff
Academics share Onassis prize for shipping
Work in the fields of port economics, and the risks of terrorism in shipping, were recognised this year
More from Containers
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Latest From Containers
Maersk spoiled tuna fish case clarifies Hague-Visby Rules
‘Unit’ defined as item of cargo rather than boxload, Court of Appeal maintains, in landmark legal case governing carriage of goods by sea
Star Bulk agrees deal for 16 modern bulkers
Greece-based owner in all-share deal to buy 16 bulkers from Augustea and York Capital
Owners warn Chinese leasing firms: We don't want fairweather friends
Chinese leasing houses are being warned that shipowners need backers who can handle good times and bad at the Capital Link Forum in Shanghai
Singapore Maritime Week looks to the future of shipping
More effort may be needed to attract shipping companies to list in the city state and to keep its market share in bunkering
Gerry Wang sets sights on clean energy logistics
First step is to build up a network, complete all the feasibility studies, and then team up with a big backer in Asia
Europe leaves door open for further consolidation
Box line concentration only apparent on certain trades, commission says
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