Shipping Containers

Severe drought conditions affecting the Panama Canal is forcing container vessels to lighten their loads and pay higher fees, with further increases in the cost of shipping cargo through the canal expected this summer. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has stated it will progressively decrease the...

Whilst the latest Drewry World Container Index increased by 1% last week, it has dropped 77% compared with the same week last year. The latest Drewry WCI composite index of $1,763 per 40-foot container is now 83% below the peak of $10,377 in September 2021. The latest...

The global ocean container trades are in a precarious state. Following a period of seesawing freight rates and persistent service failures, ocean carriers and shippers are struggling to achieve some measure of equilibrium. But a flood of new vessel capacity, scheduled to enter service over...

The first seven weeks of 2023 has seen 50+ Asia-Europe westbound sailings cancelled, with the chance that carriers could decide to blank more sailings if demand continues to decrease more than expected. According to Alphaliner, Ocean Alliance members CMA CGM, Cosco, OOCL and Evergreen have voided...

China has agreed to a meeting with Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell, raising wine exporters' hopes that current trade restrictions may be lifted, allowing for the free flow of Australian wine into the Chinese market. These trade restrictions, put into place in March 2021 amid rising...

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is currently conducting compliance sampling of containers to verify that the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) requirements of Marine Order 42 (Carriage, stowage and securing of cargoes and containers) 2016 ('MO42') are being met. The MO42 requires shippers to ensure that...

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