The SCFI and SCFIS continues to move in opposite directions for the 3rd straight week with the SCFI continuing to retreat while the SCFIS remains in ascendance. Actual settled rates reflected in the SCFIS are still catching up with the full effects of the initial November rate hike, while carriers’ current quotations in the SCFI reflects the recent rate weakness as carriers scale back from their initial $4,500/feu asking rate to the current benchmark of $4,000/feu. However, the SCFI is expecte
MSC’s sweep of second-hand containership tonnage since 2020 has brought its total resale vessel acquisitions in the last 4 years to more than 420 ships. MSC’s unprecedented acquisition spree has removed more than 17% of the total fleet that are available for charter in the 800 to 15,000 teu size segment and has been a key driver behind the sharp rebound in charter rates this year. The shortage of charter market ships have forced carriers to fix forward for their favoured tonnage with deliveries
Register Free Trial [https://www.linerlytica.com/register/?utm_source=W202447] Container freight rates continue to slip with cargo front loading ahead of the new Trump tariffs providing little relief to the market. The US West Coast suffered the sharpest rate drops despite healthy volumes being recorded from Asia as capacity deployed continues to outpace the rise in demand. Carriers are targeting a fresh round of rate hikes in December with support from a rise in cargo volumes ahead of the US t
EC main contracts are down this morning, as data released over the past few days does not support an imminent 50% increase in freight rates for the FE-North Europe route. Since our last Daily CoFIF on November 22, 2024, liners have been reducing their online quotations. While utilization for alliance services remains high at 97%, consistent with the year-to-date average, the overall average utilization has been trending downward after reaching a recent peak last week.
ONE will launch a new Scandinavia Express (SCX) service connecting Rotterdam, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Antwerp, Rotterdam from 19 December 2024. The SCX will turn in 2 weeks with the 1,440 teu CAPE FERROL and 1,781 teu LANGENESS.
ONE will launch a new Levant Express (LEX) service connecting London Gateway, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Alexandria, Damietta, Mersin, London Gateway from 13 January 2025. The LEX service willl turn in 4 weeks using 4 ships of 2,600-2,800 teu starting with the 2,741 teu LORRAINE at London Gateway on 13 January 2025.
SeaLead has launched a new Dubai-Kenya (DUKE) service connecting Karachi, Jebel Ali, Mombasa, Karachi from 4 November 2024. The service will turn in 2-3 weeks and will deploy 2 ships initially starting with the 1,118 teu CONTSHIP UNO and DEVON.
While the moving average utilization for vessels departing from the Far East remains high, the AE55's MSC TESSA, which departed yesterday, registered only 91% utilization—7 percentage points below the moving average. Far East - North Europe Head Haul Vessel UtilizationSince our last Daily CoFIF on November 14, the liners have reduced their quotes for November shipments while increasing their quotes for December shipments, which does not inspire much confidence in the December 1 GRI.
The longer dated EC contracts expiring after February 2025 have recovered most of their losses in the previous week as hopes for an early end to the Gaza conflict has diminished following the hawkish statements from Israel and increased strikes against targets in Gaza and Lebanon. The short-dated contracts for December 2024 and February 2025 largely held their ground despite increased scepticism over the carriers’ ability to push through additional rate hikes in December after their failure to
Register Free Trial [https://www.linerlytica.com/register/?utm_source=W202447] The rush to bring forward US imports ahead of the imminent Trump tariffs and potential strike on the US East Coast has so far failed to raise Transpacific freight rates. Rates to the West Coast slipped by 12% last week, even with more than a dozen ships stuck outside Canadian ports as carriers continued to slash rates as capacity utilisation has dropped to their lowest level this year. Although cargo demand remains s