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X-Press Feeders relaunch Intra Adriatic X-Press (IAX)

X-Press Feeders have relaunched its Intra Adriatic X-Press (IAX) service with a revised rotation calling at Trieste, Ancona, Ravenna, Trieste. The new IAX will turn in 7 days using the 698 teu SUNAID X at Ancona on 12 March 2025 (after the initial call at Trieste on 9 March 2025 was omitted).

Services

SeaLead launches Far East-India Express 3 (FIX3) service

SeaLead will launch a new Far East-India Express 3 (FIX3) service connecting Shanghai, Ningbo, Nansha, Nhava Sheva, Shanghai. The FIX3 will turn in 6 weeks and will deploy up to 6 ships of 2,500-4,600 teu starting with the 4,628 teu ZHONG GU YIN CHUAN at Shanghai on 7 March 2025.

Markets

Daily CoFIF: 2025-02-27

The EC contracts gapped down at the open but recovered throughout the day, with longer-dated contracts even closing in positive territory as traders believed MSC Lion's capacity reduction signaled discipline from the liners. However, Lion's capacity adjustment had already been reflected in the sailing schedule ten days prior, and our latest Deployment Watch (based on 22 Feb schedule data) suggests weekly capacity in March would still amount to 288k per week with smaller ships for the Lion servic

Markets

Daily CoFIF: 2025-02-26

Wild swing for the main EC contract, EC2504, this morning going from being 3.8% up in first 30m minutes at market open to down 3.8% before recovering by lunch break. Overnight, CMA CGM dropped its online quotation to below $3,000 per FEU for all March shipments. Maersk released $2300 per FEU after lunch break that put the EC2504 decidedly in the negative territory for the day.

Port Congestion

25 Week 08: Port Congestion Watch

Congestion edged up slightly in the past week, with European port congestion remaining very severe. All North Europe main ports have reported very high yard utilization, which has been exacerbated by labour disputes in Rotterdam and Le Havre. Vessel waiting times remained elevated at up to 5 days with congestion most serious in Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton and Hamburg which are affecting mother vessel and feeder schedules. Some terminals have applied emergency measures to cease cargo acceptan

Ships

US levies on Chinese ships will benefit Taiwan and Korean carriers

The USTR has proposed punitive levies for ships calling at US ports on Chinese shipping companies as well as other companies operating Chinese built ships of up to $1.5m per vessel call at US ports, with an additional charge of up to $1m per call for companies with ships on order at Chinese shipyards. The proposed trade action would hit COSCO especially hard, while Taiwanese and Korean carriers would benefit from the move as only a small proportion of their fleet are Chinese built, allowing for

Markets

25 Week 08: Freight Futures Watch

EC freight futures fell sharply on early week trading due to carriers’ aggressive price cuts and the SCFIS’ 11.2% drop published after market close will fuel further price weakness in the coming week. Capacity cuts in early February has translated to a sharp drop in the number of ships departing the Strait of Singapore last week to just 97,950 teu, against the 13-week average of 286,000 teu but will rebound over the coming weeks with March capacity at 288,000 teu. EC prices declined by 3-9% wee

Markets

25 Week 08: Freight Rates Watch

The planned Asia-Europe general rate increase in March is falling flat with rampant rate cutting jeopardizing plans to raise rates to $4,000/feu. Maersk was again singled out for its aggressive price cuts, with rate offers below $3,000/feu being offered through the end of March. Despite its much touted 90% reliability target for the new Gemini Cooperation network, Maersk has evidently failed to convince its customers to pay a premium and had to resort to price cuts to fill its ships. Forward c

MarketPulse

Market Pulse 2025 Week 08

Register Free Trial The proposed levy on Chinese ships calling at US ports could trigger moves to switch out Chinese built ships from US trades that would cause widespread disruptions over the coming months. Chinese carriers would be most affected by the levies and their potential exodus would create a void in the market as they account for 17% of US container imports from the Far East. These uncertainties add to the current challenges that carriers are facing, with freight rates continuing to

Companies

MSC emerges stronger after carrier alliance reshuffle

MSC will have better market coverage and a larger market share compared to the Gemini Cooperation despite operating as the sole independent carrier on the East-West trades following the alliance reshuffle in February 2025. MSC will be able to offer the same or a larger number of weekly sailings on all of the 4 main routes than Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, using its self-operated services as well as selective partnerships with Premier Alliance on the North Europe and Med routes and with Zim on the US

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