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Liner schedule reliability worsened in a Q4 'rife with challenges' The pervasive headwinds of Q4 24 translated into yet another decline in ocean shipping schedule reliability – but there are signs of a welcome respite for shippers on the horizon.
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Container lines still ordering more ships, despite falling spot rates ...
3 days ago · MB Shipbrokers has reported that demand for feeder and smaller box ships generally remains high. On a larger scale, yesterday French carrier CMA CGM ordered 12 LNG dual-fuelled 18,000 teu ships from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for $2.6bn, bringing its orderbook to more than 1.3m teu and potentially thinning the gap between it …
Ambitious plans to revive US shipbuilding sector come under fire
5 days ago · For decades, vessel owners, like virtually everybody else, were happy to procure from the source offering the lowest cost – China, said Lars Jensen, CEO of shipping consultancy Vespucci Maritime.
Air cargo still flying high as capacity stays tight, but rates are ...
Jan 17, 2025 · It may be January, but faith in the air cargo sector continues to be high, with both capacity and rates well above 2024 levels. Rotate’s capacity database shows air cargo capacity 5% higher last week than a year ago; capacity from Asia Pacific to Europe is up 14%, while on the reverse leg capacity is up 19%; Asia to North America …
Alliance reshuffle will increase box ship shortage as carriers hunt ...
Jan 8, 2025 · Its current fleet capacity is 6.3m teu, widening the gap from world number-two operator Maersk, with its 4.4m teu, to 1.9m teu. Alphaliner data shows the Danish carrier grew its fleet last year by 7.3%, with 23 newbuildings. Next month, Maersk will launch the Gemini Cooperation with Hapag-Lloyd, which operates a fleet with capacity of 2.3m teu, having expanded by 367,000 teu or 18.7% in 2024.
As tariffs loom, front-loading will be the key trend for US container ...
Jan 6, 2025 · As the chart above shows, for the top 20 HS2 teu commodities the US imported from China in 2023, the uplift to average tariffs between the pre-Trump status quo and his first set of tariffs (blue line to solid yellow line) was proportionally greater for most important product categories than the proposed additional 10% uplift (solid yellow to dotted yellow).
Loadstar Podcast | January 2025 | Container shipping 2025: Hapag …
Jan 16, 2025 · In this special episode of The Loadstar Podcast, host Mike King unpacks a turbulent start to the year for container shipping. With major developments like the averted US port strikes, new container shipping alliances and a wave of fresh regulations, the stakes are high for global supply chains. Henrik Schilling, Hapag-Lloyd’s MD for global commercial development, discusses the impacts of ...
Rates still slipping as peak season recedes and port strike threat ...
Oct 18, 2024 · Drewry notes that the combined index is still some 126% above the pre-pandemic, 2019, average of $1,420.According to its modelling for 2025 and beyond, unveiled yesterday, this is likely to remain the case, with head of supply chain advisors Phillip Damas pointing to rates remaining above pre-pandemic levels even if there are no US port strikes in January.
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