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Singapore-based marine fuel supply firm, Integr8 Fuels, has warned ship operators of potential bunker quality issues. In its second Bunker Quality Trends report, the firm has assessed data relating to the supply of 60m tonnes of bunker fuel over six months. Integr8’s most important finding is that ships refuelling in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp port range are…

There’s been a lot of talk of normalisation of container shipping markets, but Xeneta analyst Peter Sand doesn’t believe it is normal at all.   “Then again, it’s not really normal,” was the Xeneta Chief Shipping Analyst’s message in a State of the Ocean Freight Rates webinar on 17 May. Sand had been describing a…

Contract rates on certain container export trades out of Europe remain well above pre-pandemic levels; is this a sign of underlying strength or an impending collapse? According to research by Xeneta, long term rates on the transatlantic front-haul to the US East Coast were up 144% on 2019 levels as of early May 2023, while…

Tuyến thương mại xuyên Đại Tây Dương là “điểm sáng” cho các tuyến vận chuyển container ở bối cảnh toàn cầu sụt giảm trong năm qua. Tỷ lệ giữa châu Âu và Hoa Kỳ là một ngoại lệ, cao hơn nhiều so với tỷ lệ thương mại xuyên Thái Bình Dương, và cho đến gần…