The Dispatch – Issue #10

As the eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed with the ingenious renaming of the subject line, the newsletter will now be published on a weekly basis rather than daily. This gives more scope to summarise the week's news and updates, particularly pertaining to what it means for

The Dispatch - Issue #9

Hard-pressed shippers run for the safety of entrepreneurial ad-hoc carriers - The Loadstar “We are pulling our hair out, as having paid a fortune and waited months to get the boxes to the UK, we now can’t get them out of the port. And to rub salt into the

The Dispatch - Issue #8

Dalian the latest China port to be hit by Covid restrictions as delays persist - The Loadstar So far, there has been no impact on Dalian’s port operations, but the outbreak is reportedly growing at nearby Tianjin, under lockdown and where car manufacturer Toyota has temporarily suspended production. Dalian

The Dispatch - Issue #7

Airfreight rates 'cool' – but shippers should expect prices to remain high - The Loadstar Airfreight rates out of China to the US and Europe have plummeted after December’s record holiday season. Airfreight rates ‘cool’ – but shippers should expect prices to remain high - The LoadstarAirfreight rates out

The Dispatch - Issue #6

Liner shipping in 2022 - Splash247 The only certainty in the container shipping market today is that annual contract freight rates this year will be going up by more than 60% on the major routes Liner shipping in 2022 - Splash247Can liners improve their financials this year after a record

The Dispatch - Issue #5

Integrated Offerings - Massive Carriers To Become Giants BIG gets BIGGER. $10 billion deals in a span of days…and the result could change the dynamics of the supply chain/logistics industry globally. Integrated Offerings - Massive Carriers To Become GiantsSpending billions to acquire inland services and ordering freighters, Maersk,

The Dispatch - Issue #4

Virus rules hit Hong Kong airfreight just as Cathay freighters limp back into action - The Loadstar In less than six weeks, Hong Kong has imposed flight bans on 24 routes. The latest affect the likes of Air Canada, Air India and Philippines AirAsia, but Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has

The Dispatch - Issue #3

Market distortions make mockery of free-market container shipping - The Loadstar Mr Keen also pointed to a recent Drewry Shipping Consultant report which highlights the carriers’ combined profits over the past year, putting it at in excess of $150bn. “To put that into perspective, this is more than was achieved

The Dispatch - Issue #2

Reminder that Lunar New Year is coming earlier than normal this year, China shuts down February 1st. The potential disruption this year is exacerbated by two factors: This year, Chinese New Year falls on February 1, 2022 — a full 12 days earlier than in 2021. And, as Bloomberg reported in

The Dispatch - Issue #1

How could the consensus — that container spot rates will remain extremely high — be wrong? The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index hit a new record in the last week of December, up 76% year on year and topping 5,000 points for the first time. There were 101 container ships waiting for