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See Our Latest Coverage On The Red Sea

Freight market analysis and operational insight into Red Sea shipping and global trade routes.

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See Our Latest Coverage On The Middle East Conflict

Freight market analysis and operational insight into Red Sea shipping and global trade routes.

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Middle East conflict is making life complicated for shippers because, while they are firefighting supply chain disruption and elevated spot rates across global trades, they must play their cards carefully when tendering for new long term contracts.

XENETA WEEKLY OCEAN CONTAINER SHIPPING MARKET UPDATE – 30.4.2026

Latest Xeneta ocean container shipping data highlights are provided below quotes from Xeneta Chief A...

The softening of container shipping rates on the European trades should not be read as a sign that the market is returning to normal. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to container shipping,

XENETA WEEKLY OCEAN CONTAINER SHIPPING MARKET UPDATE – 23.4.2026

Latest Xeneta ocean container shipping data highlights are provided below quotes from Xeneta Chief A...

Peter Sand, Chief Analyst at Xeneta, calls ongoing blockades and attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz ‘the weaponization of trade’.

IRAN SEIZES MSC CONTAINER SHIPS AS 'WEAPONIZATION OF TRADE' CONTINUES IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ - ANALYST UPDATE

OSLO, Norway - 22 April, 2026

The ocean freight market is sending very different signals depending where you look across global supply chains. Spot rates on European trades are easing.

XENETA WEEKLY OCEAN CONTAINER SHIPPING MARKET UPDATE – 17.4.2026

Latest Xeneta ocean container shipping data highlights are provided below quotes from Xeneta Chief A...

Ocean container freight rates move in mysterious ways, demonstrated by the most dramatic increases since escalation of conflict in the Middle East being found on trades that do not transit the region.

XENETA WEEKLY OCEAN CONTAINER SHIPPING MARKET UPDATE – 10.4.2026

Latest Xeneta ocean container shipping data highlights are provided below quotes from Xeneta Chief A...

The US-Iran ceasefire will likely bring some immediate relief to air freight, but a full return to pre-conflict capacity and rates on trades transiting Middle East hubs is still one to two months away, according to Xeneta analysts.

US-Iran ceasefire to ease air freight rates but full recovery could take months

Oslo - Norway, 8 April 2026

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