All EC contracts are down this morning, following a consistent trend since last Wednesday, where the longer-dated contracts have underperformed. Maersk released its quotations for December shipments at $6,000 per FEU, while MSC reduced its quotation for November shipments to $3,740 per FEU. Although the average utilization for the alliance services has reached new highs since June, independent services such as MSC's Britannia and Hapag-Lloyd's CGX have been trending downward. Far East-North Eur
EC container freight futures slumped on 11 November 2024 with the "Trump Trade" driving down longer-dated contracts on trade tariff concerns as well as a potential resolution of the Gaza crisis that could lead to the resumption of regular vessel traffic through the Red Sea. Near-term contracts for December 2024 and February 2025 slipped by smaller amounts after a brief rally at the end of last week as hopes for the pull forward of cargo bookings were dampened by carriers offering discounted rat
The SCFIS finally caught up with the recent spot rate hikes, rising by 11.8% on 14 November after 2 weeks of lackluster gains, reflecting the backward looking nature of the index that captures actual settled rates. The cumulative gain of 14.6% logged by the SCFIS in the last 4 weeks has lagged behind the SCFI’s 30.3% rise in the same period. However, the positive rate momentum is shifting with MSC slashing their rates to $3,700-3,800 per feu until the end of November, undercutting rivals’ rates
Charter rates continue to firm across all size segments, with the lack of supply of fresh tonnage pushing charterers to commit to not just higher rates but also forward deliveries into 2025. All of the laycans registered in the past week was in the smaller size segments of 2,800 teu and below, with the lack of tonnage in the larger sizes continuing to limit the number of transactions recorded. Interest from Russia related carriers remain firm with Uniglobal and OVP taking on smaller feeder ship
Global port congestion remains elevated through the past week with poor weather continuing to affect port operations in South China, with the escalation of the industrial action at Canadian ports has also worsened the congestion situation in North America. The port strike in Canada has halted operations at Vancouver and Prince Rupert, with the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) locking out the dockworkers since 4 November. Although some of the affected ships are starting to
The outcome of the US presidential elections will drive further instability in the container markets, with US imports poised to rise ahead of the potential imposition of new tariffs. Based on data collected since 2018, the cargo front loading could raise US container imports by as much as 10% to 15% in the next 3 months. Although this will drive up freight rates in the short term, the longer term impact of any trade war on global container volumes will be negative even though US import tariffs i
Register Free Trial [https://www.linerlytica.com/register/?utm_source=W202446] The outcome of the US presidential elections will drive further instability in the container markets, with US imports poised to rise ahead of the potential imposition of new tariffs. Based on data collected since 2018, the cargo front loading could raise US container imports by as much as 10% to 15% in the next 3 months. Although this will drive up freight rates in the short term, the longer term impact of any trade
This morning, many container freight futures contracts dropped to their daily limit. The EC market is circulating a story about MSC reducing freight rates to $3,800 per FEU. The author has not yet been able to validate this claim. However, the fact that MSC and Maersk are still not quoting over $5,000 per FEU for shipments after mid-November may have triggered a reaction from EC traders. The sell-off this morning is still concentrated on longer-dated contracts, reflecting a belief in the EC mark
TS Lines received a lukewarm response to its Hong Kong stock listing, with its shares trading below its issue price of HK$4.18 on its first trading day to close at HK$4.10 on 1 November 2024 before rebounding by 5.12% to HK$4.31 on 4 Nov. TSL shares currently trade at a 43% discount to its adjusted book value, compared to the average discount of 15% for its main publicly listed peers (excluding SITC that currently trades a 367% premium to book value). The addition of TS Lines brings the number
The aggregate revenue of the three Taiwanese liners are back to level just 6% below the monthly revenue recorded for June, when their revenue started to take off. The 10% MoM drop is less than the CCFI's 20% MoM fall.