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FBJNA MARKET SIGNALS — Freight markets are moving toward greater capacity and softer pricing in 2027, but the outlook is not as simple as supply overtaking demand.
Xeneta expects containership capacity to grow faster than cargo demand next year, while Freightos' Nov. 10 data showed ocean rates beginning to ease. Continued disruption through the Middle East, poor schedule reliability and carriers' capacity-management decisions could nevertheless prevent a smooth return to a ...
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Persistent port congestion and higher fuel costs could prevent freight rates from returning to earlier levels as peak-season demand begins to ease, according to Freightos.
In its October Global Freight Outlook, Freightos said typhoon-related backlogs continued at major Far East ports, while congestion persisted at Northern European hubs. The disruption could ...
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Trans-Pacific container spot rates moved higher for a second week while Asia-Europe rates continued to retreat, as stronger-than-expected U.S. import demand and carrier capacity management increasingly separate the two major east-west markets.
Drewry's World Container Index rose 1 percent to US$4,339 per 40-foot container for the week of Aug. 13, driven ...
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Editor's Note by Gary Burrows for FBJNA's July-August issue, available soon
There was a time when the logistics decision was relatively straightforward.
The cargo was ready. Capacity was available. The rate was acceptable. The shipment moved.
Those decisions were never simple, but they were largely transportation decisions.
Increasingly, they are not.
Today, the questions come ...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Freight Business Journal North America’s Peak Season Forecast 2026 in the July-August issue brings together leading market analysts and logistics executives to examine whether the current freight rally has staying power, the indicators they are watching most closely, and what shippers should expect during the balance of the ...
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Freightos, a pioneer of the LogTech (logistics technology) sector, went “live” on July 26 with the launch of the world’s first online marketplace for international freight. That marketplace provides instant comparison, booking, and management of freight services from multiple logistics providers.
Until then, the freight industry was reminiscent of the travel ...
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