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  • Arctic service offers speedy China-Europe transits
  • Freight rate divide widens between Transpacific and Europe
  • Asia-Europe rates still sinking, but a different picture on the transpacific

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joc.com /1 month ago

Arctic service offers speedy China-Europe transits

The seasonal service offers approximately two-week faster transit than traditional east-west routes that now generally sail around the Cape of Good Hope due to Red Sea diversions.

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container-news.com /2 days ago

Freight rate divide widens between Transpacific and Europe

The freight rate divide between major container shipping trades widened in the latest weekly readings, with Transpacific routes showing relative strength while Asia-Europe ra...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Asia-Europe rates still sinking, but a different picture on the transpacific

European trades saw spot rates decline for a fourth consecutive week, with carriers cancelling or cutting back plans for rate boosting, but for those operating on the transpacific,...

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theloadstar.com /2 weeks ago

Asia-USWC rates surge as shippers look to beat Panama Canal restrictions

Asia-US west coast rates are surging at an even faster pace this week ahead of concerns around the impact of vessel reductions through the Panama Canal. However, it seems the speed...

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container-news.com /9 hours ago

Why Mediterranean container rates are losing their North Europe premium

Mediterranean container rates have historically traded at a premium to North Europe. That gap has now narrowed sharply as rates retreat faster from their peak-se...

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container-news.com /3 weeks ago

Mediterranean-Far East container capacity rises 12% to 9.92 million TEU

Annualised container capacity on the Mediterranean-Far East trade has increased by 12% year-on-year to 9.92 million TEU, according to DynaLiners. The trade now has 20 dedicated wee...

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container-news.com /1 week ago

MSC announces new North Europe–North America freight rates

MSC has announced new freight rates from Northwest Continental Europe and Scandinavia/Baltic ports to the United States, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. The revised rates...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Diamond Line launches Ireland North Sea Express

Diamond Line, part of the Cosco Shipping Lines network, has launched the new Ireland North Sea Express (INS) service, expanding its short-sea network across Northern Europe. The ne...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Maersk updates AC1 and AC2 services linking Asia with Latin America

Maersk has announced updates to its AC1 and AC2 services connecting Far East Asia with the West Coast of Latin America, aiming to strengthen network coverage and improve service op...

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theloadstar.com /2 days ago

Africa–Far East growth stalls as Asia exports surge

Data and sentiment finally appear to be aligning on the Africa-Far East tradelane, with growth stalling on goods headed to Asia, just as forwarders had been predicting, but for tho...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Europe dominates global container fleet capacity

While Asia remains the undisputed engine of global manufacturing, port throughput, and shipbuilding, it i...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Capacity injection for east-west trades as more ULCVs are delivered

East-west tradelanes saw some capacity injected over the past two weeks as several large containerships were delivered. This week, CMA CGM took delivery of the 24,212 teu CMA CGM P...

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container-news.com /3 weeks ago

Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM launch new Asia-South America East Coast service

Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new weekly service connecting Asia with the East Coast of South America in cooperation with ZIM. The new Asia-South America East Coast service (AS3) is sc...

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theloadstar.com /4 weeks ago

Booming exports from the Far East see trade gaps widening

Trade imbalances on exports from the Far East to most major global regions have continued to worsen, creating challenges for container carriers and increasing costs for head-haul s...

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joc.com /4 weeks ago

Container lines cash in on strong India-Europe westbound booking demand 

Forwarder sources say the lead services operated by European carriers are already sold out through the end of the month or even until early September on certain sailings.

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container-news.com /2 weeks ago

Maersk restricts SOC exports from Hungary to Far East Asia

Maersk has stopped accepting bookings that combine Shipper Owned Containers (SOC) with its inland services from Hungary to Far East Asia. The restriction takes effect immediately a...

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container-news.com /1 week ago

CMA CGM and ONE shift California Bridge/AL5 service to Bremerhaven

CMA CGM and Ocean Network Express will shift their joint North Europe-US West Coast service from Hamburg to Bremerhaven in mid-September. CMA CGM markets the service as California...

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container-news.com /1 week ago

Freight rates rise on Transpacific as Europe weakens

Container freight markets showed contrasting regional trends in the latest readings, with several indicators pointing to stronger Transpacific rates while Europe and the Medi...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Intra-Asia rates soften, but carriers continue to add capacity

Intra-Asia rates continue to weaken as market observers say the busy H1 26 for Chinese exports is fading. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index showed that, as of 23 July, rates from...

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theloadstar.com /1 month ago

Sea Legend Shipping returns to Arctic route with China-Europe NSR sailings

Chinese operator Sea Legend Shipping is to repeat its opportunistic Ningbo-Felixstowe service through the Northern Sea Route (NSR). This time, there will be eight sailings by Sea L...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

ZIM and MSC add Jacksonville to Asia container service

ZIM Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have added JAXPORT to their ZCP-Amberjack container service, strengthening weekly connections between Jacksonville and Asia while...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

MSC announces new Europe freight rates from South Asia

MSC has announced new freight rates for shipments from South Asia to Europe, with the revised tariffs taking effect on 16 August 2026 and remaining valid until further notice, but...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

CMA CGM launches KORA EXPRESS service linking North Europe and West Africa

CMA CGM will launch its new KORA EXPRESS service to strengthen container connections between Northern Europe and West Africa. The weekly service will offer direct calls to key West...

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joc.com /3 weeks ago

Hapag-Lloyd hikes full-year profit forecast on sustained ex-Asia demand

The carrier’s CEO expects solid demand out of Asia to continue through much of the year, putting a floor under rates while congestion at key ports and geopolitical disruption absor...

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