Tag: shipping market

The European Commission has launched a call for evidence inviting feedback on the performance of the EU legal framework which exempts liner shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules (Consortia Block Exemption Regulation or ‘CBER').

While spot rates are sailing in the right direction for ocean freight from the Far East to the South America East coast, short-term air freight rates are failing to take off on major intra-Asian and long haul trades. According to Oslo-based Xeneta, such developments will likely impact on long-term contracted rates negotiations in the very near future.

With the war in Ukraine and China’s zero-Covid policy, delays and prolonged supply bottlenecks are defining this year’s world trade outlook. Yes, demand is softer, notably from China but the backlog is such that supply chains will remain strained for the rest of the year, ING argues.

Global oil and gas investments will expand by $26 billion this year as the industry continues its protracted recovery from the pandemic,

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has written to the UK government asking it to investigate the state of competition within the current deep sea container shipping market, claiming that  certain practices undertaken by the principal container shipping lines are distorting the operations of the free market to the detriment of international trade.

Capt. John Dolan, Deputy Director of Loss Prevention at the Standard Club looks at supply chain demand and the growth of the container shipping market and its impact on claims

After just six months of negotiations, UK secured a comprehensive digital trade deal with Singapore so as to open up digital markets and keep businesses & consumers safe.

Baltic Exchange issued its reports for the last week, 22-26 Nov 2021, to provide information about the tanker and bulk market performance.

VesselsValue's head cargo analyst, Olivia Watkins issued a list of the world's top ship owning nations ranked by total fleet value.

Baltic Exchange issued its reports for the last week, 15-19 Nov 2021, to provide information about the tanker and bulk market performance.