FreightWaves • May 4, 2022

China lockdowns are not causing shipping chaos, say liner CEOs

‘Right now, we don’t see a huge buildup of volumes because of the closedown in Shanghai,’ reports Maersk CEO Soren Skou.

FreightWaves • May 2, 2022

How war, shipping boom, China lockdowns impact Panama Canal

Container-ship transits of the Panama Canal are up as liners favor the East Coast. LNG transits are down as U.S. gas heads to Europe.

FreightWaves • April 26, 2022

Despite rising risks, shipping lines on track for another record year

New reports from Maersk, Kuehne+Nagel and Drewry point to an ongoing boom for container shipping lines.

FreightWaves • April 21, 2022

Shanghai lockdown is not causing global supply chain chaos (yet)

The Shanghai lockdown isn’t following the same supply chain script as the big Chinese disruptions of 2020 and 2021.

FreightWaves • April 13, 2022

If globalization is really over, what happens to supply chains?

The future of global supply chains is in flux. The pandemic was a game changer. Then came the war.

FreightWaves • March 16, 2022

Is this the calm before California ports’ next cargo storm?

California ports make progress on bottlenecks, but Chinese lockdowns could spur “hockey stick” import rise.

FreightWaves • March 14, 2022

What China COVID spike, massive lockdowns mean to shipping

Lockdowns haven’t closed Chinese ports yet. If they do, U.S. importers face “shockwave” of higher rates and delays.

FreightWaves • March 11, 2022

How container shipping’s historic boom funded a $2B cruise bailout

COVID has been great for container shipping, terrible for cruising. What does this mean to MSC, which is big in both?

FreightWaves • February 9, 2022

Shipping giant Maersk could rake in $50 billion over just two years

COVID container boom continues: Maersk may earn even more this year than in record-trouncing 2021.

FreightWaves • December 27, 2021

2021’s top shipping stories: From Ever Given to epic California port pileup

There has never been a year like this for container shipping. Here are the biggest stories of 2021.

FreightWaves • November 29, 2021

Omicron threatens tankers but could extend container shipping boom

Here’s how omicron variant could impact tanker, container and dry bulk shipping rates.

FreightWaves • October 18, 2021

First containers, then dry bulk, now LNG shipping rates are spiking

The boom in ocean shipping is spreading to other segments. Spot LNG shipping rates just topped $150,000 per day.

FreightWaves • October 4, 2021

Despite exodus of empty containers, US exports are hitting new highs

Containerized exports continue to struggle but overall, U.S. exports are rising. Sales are at record levels for some commodities.

FreightWaves • September 13, 2021

Shipping stocks hit fresh highs amid COVID-era supply chain chaos

Dry bulk and LNG shipping stocks now at 52-week peaks with container stocks not far from the top.

FreightWaves • August 6, 2021

Global demand isn’t booming. So why are shipping rates this high?

Maersk results offer more evidence that capacity constraints and U.S. — not worldwide — demand drive rates.

FreightWaves • August 2, 2021

COVID threatens Chinese exports as US struggles to restock inventories

U.S. inventory-to-sales ratio still historically low as key import source — China — faces growing delta variant risk.

FreightWaves • July 14, 2021

Los Angeles port braces for Yantian catch-up, peak season combo

Wave of cargo delayed by COVID outbreak in Yantian, China, is starting to hit California’s already strained terminals.

FreightWaves • July 2, 2021

Container shipping’s stranger-than-fiction first half of 2021

California offshore traffic jam, Ever Given, Yantian closure, skyrocketing rates and volumes … what’s next for container shipping?

FreightWaves • June 30, 2021

How COVID variants could impact container and tanker shipping

More problems loom for importers of Asian containerized goods and tanker slump could last even longer.

FreightWaves • June 28, 2021

How China became the big winner of the COVID era

A year and a half after COVID emerged in Wuhan, China’s exporters, liners, shipyards and container factories are all booming.