
Freight Market Update: October 11, 2023
The European Commission will let the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation lapse in 2024, while Port of Montreal longshoremen and employers continue labor talks.

The European Commission will let the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation lapse in 2024, while Port of Montreal longshoremen and employers continue labor talks.
Week of October 18, 2023: Far East-Europe ocean rates stay flat as carriers announce a November 1 GRI and add void sailings to prop up pricing.

Typhoon Koinu threatens southern Taiwan with air delays and vessel disruptions as it tracks across the Taiwan Strait through early October.

Golden Week blank sailings reshape Transpacific and Asia-Europe capacity as Panama Canal weight limits hold steady for late September 2023.

Transpacific capacity stayed oversupplied as carriers added blank sailings, Transatlantic rates fell on weak demand, and imports shifted to the US East Coast.

Far East Westbound demand drops on inflation and inventory overages while Asia-Europe and Asia-North America air routes see soft demand and falling rates.

Easing port congestion drives declining Transatlantic and LATAM rates as Asia air capacity returns to pre-COVID levels and US rail ramps move smoothly.

Week of March 14, 2023: carriers try to recover transpacific eastbound rates amid low volumes, with April GRIs in play across a soft market.