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Transpacific: A carrier success story

Transpacific: A carrier success story

A combination of strong demand and carefully managed capacity is boosting spot rates on the Transpacific container trades, just in time for contract season.

Latest Trade Routes

Spluttering, but still moving forward

Westbound Transatlantic box volumes continue to increase despite growing headwinds.

22 Dec 2019

Trade Routes North Europe-North America
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Up and down under

Spot freight rates are rising fast in a falling Asia-Oceania trade.

08 Dec 2019

Trade Routes Asia-Oceania
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Jan 2019 = 100

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Recent Feature Articles

February Freight Loop - Impact of Red Sea crisis on global ports sector

February Freight Loop - Impact of Red Sea crisis on global ports sector

01 Feb 24: Eleanor Hadland, Lead Analyst and Eirik Hooper, Senior Analyst within Drewry Ports and Terminals research team, discuss what impact containership diversions around the Cape of Good Hope are having on ports calls in the Red Sea and Eastern Mediterranean.
Panama Canal: Containerships benefiting from other sectors’ exodus

Panama Canal: Containerships benefiting from other sectors’ exodus

22 Jan 2024: Containerships are just about managing to maintain daily transit averages through the Panama Canal, while other sectors reroute.
Red Sea crisis diverts attention back to shipping

Red Sea crisis diverts attention back to shipping

18 Jan 24: Suez Canal diversions will inflate container shipping costs for as long as the situation lasts, but trade always finds a way, even if it takes a bit longer than usual.

Latest Trade Routes

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Asia-East Coast South America (7) Asia-Mid East-South Asia (8) Asia-Oceania (9) Asia-Southern Africa (4) Asia-West Africa (10) Europe-East Coast South America (8) Europe-Mid East-South Asia (7) North America-East Coast South America (5) Select All

Spluttering, but still moving forward


22 Dec 2019 · Trade Route North Europe-North America


Westbound Transatlantic box volumes continue to increase despite growing headwinds.
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Up and down under


08 Dec 2019 · Trade Route Asia-Oceania


Spot freight rates are rising fast in a falling Asia-Oceania trade.
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Losing ground


27 Oct 2019 · Trade Route Asia-West Coast North America


The container trade from Asia to West Coast North America is struggling to ward off the effects of the trade war.
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A wasted opportunity


13 Oct 2019 · Trade Route Asia-North Europe


Evidence of carrier rate cutting means that they missed out on the benefits of stronger than expected demand growth.
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