FreightWaves • June 14, 2021 Home Depot now has its own ship. That’s an ominous sign Decision to secure dedicated vessel highlights unprecedented strength of container shipping and risks faced by importers.
FreightWaves • June 11, 2021 Container rates rocket even higher — and there’s no end in sight Container spot rates spiked again, with new records set. For importers, the worst is yet to come.
FreightWaves • June 10, 2021 What $70+ oil means to container, tanker and dry bulk shipping Rising fuel costs are yet another woe for containerized cargo shippers, while widening spreads should benefit ships with scrubbers.
FreightWaves • June 9, 2021 Top 10 liners control 85% of market — and they’re not done yet Consolidation in the liner sector is already extreme. Newbuild orders will further concentrate market power in fewer hands.
FreightWaves • June 8, 2021 Inside container shipping’s COVID-era money-printing machine Congestion is cutting liner capacity just as freight rates are at all-time highs, incentivizing carriers to buy or charter more ships.
FreightWaves • June 6, 2021 What is the shipping cycle — and can it ever be tamed? Environmental regs could extend future dry bulk and tanker upside, while consolidation could change curve of container-shipping cycle.
FreightWaves • June 3, 2021 US imports could stall as demand overwhelms trans-Pacific capacity Retailers at increasing risk of not getting goods from Asia on shelves as ocean transport system hits limit.
FreightWaves • June 2, 2021 Container ship scores ‘off the charts,’ ‘fantasy’ charter rate: $135,000/day Freight forwarder will pay “absolute historic high” to secure container ship as “people are panicking” amid “out of control” market.
FreightWaves • May 26, 2021 California’s massive container-ship traffic jam is still really jammed Ships at anchor are unlikely to clear by peak season. Congestion is forcing wide-scale voyage cancellations.
FreightWaves • May 24, 2021 How three Chinese companies cornered global container production The containers that U.S. shippers need are all built in China, where factories could set a new production record this year.
FreightWaves • May 20, 2021 Video: How to cope with ocean capacity crunch A fireside chat between Flexport's Nerijus Poskus and FreightWaves senior editor Greg Miller.
FreightWaves • May 19, 2021 How ZIM, a smaller ocean carrier, is blowing away the big boys ZIM is the liner most exposed to upside from America’s import binge. It’s taking full advantage of the situation.
FreightWaves • May 18, 2021 Time to start prepping for Christmas shipping capacity crunch With the retail inventory-to-sales ratio still falling, U.S. importers are urged to move fast on their holiday import plans.
FreightWaves • May 16, 2021 Why stratospheric container rates could rocket even higher Container rates are in uncharted territory. If demand continues to outpace supply, there’s little to stop them from ascending further.
FreightWaves • May 13, 2021 Inflation alert: Container shipping rates just spiked (again) The situation for importers is getting even more dire. Already extreme container rates are ascending to even higher peaks.
FreightWaves • May 11, 2021 Why Wall Street’s best-performing shipowner is building a war chest Danaos will stockpile cash from the current boom and spend it on new ships when environmental regs are clearer.
FreightWaves • May 10, 2021 Tanker rate boost from pipeline cyberattack could be fleeting Trans-Atlantic product tanker rates have spiked, but a quick pipeline restart would curb future upside.
FreightWaves • May 7, 2021 Container shipping boom is bleeding over into dry bulk Formerly containerized cargoes are being loaded onto bulkers. Box-ship orders are keeping future bulker growth in check.
FreightWaves • May 6, 2021 Why this tanker shipping depression is different from past slumps Tanker execs explain lack of distress sales and scrapping this time around, and why new orders will be more curtailed.
FreightWaves • May 5, 2021 ‘The best quarter ever’ for container shipping giant Maersk Maersk reveals more details on its shift toward long-term contracts at the expense of spot exposure.
