The current year has been quite challenging for the transport industry for an array of reasons: geopolitics, inflation and an imbalance between demand and supply all played their part. Container prices have dropped immensely, increasing...Read more
Sea shipping rates reached a new low last week, according to Drewery’s World Container Index, which saw a 2 per cent decrease to 1,342 US dollars per 40ft container. The rate was 57 per cent...Read more
INTERVIEWThe way that transport prices have developed so far in 2023 gives a significant benefit to sea shipping over intercontinental rail freight. Rail prices to transport a 40-foot high-cube container are currently three-four times higher...Read more
INTERVIEWWhat would happen in the case of an escalated Taiwan crisis? Would the West impose sanctions on China just like it did on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine? And how would such a development...Read more
