Topic: Transport prices

Outlook 2024: container surplus and China +1 keep affecting transport

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

15-11-2023|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Rail-sea rate competition to intensify even more in the coming years

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

30-10-2023|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

A price war could be on the doorstep of global trade and transport industry

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

04-08-2023|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios