Even as port congestions ease, shippers need to stay prepared for a complicated peak shipping season outlook.
DHL's latest update points to freight rates stabilizing at high levels amid strong demand.
Container shipping networks are now under severe pressure with rising rates, box shortages and mounting port congestion all pointing to a Q3 crunch.
Liner networks are getting low on capacity, which may prove problematic should demand continue to increase into the third quarter.
Find out the latest developments of the global ocean freight market in this monthly analysis by DHL Global Forwarding.
Find out the latest developments of the global ocean freight market in this monthly analysis by DHL Global Forwarding.
Container shipping markets have stabilized, for now at least. But change is coming, not least because the alliance system is being remade.
Find out the latest developments of the global ocean freight market in this monthly analysis by DHL Global Forwarding.
Some key trade lanes have been transformed by geopolitics, resulting in more reliance on freight operations.
With the Suez Canal effectively out of bounds for container shipping, it is not only the Asia-Europe trade that has been thrown into disarray.