Xeneta Container shipping insights – Bring yourself up to speed

Digest from Xeneta and OECD below:

Xeneta Weekly Ocean Container Shipping Market Update – 20.08.25

https://www.xeneta.com/news/xeneta-weekly-ocean-container-shipping-market-update-20.08.25

“With a continuing trend for increasing capacity on fronthaul trades and subdued ocean container shipping demand, spot rates will fall further in the coming weeks. Shippers should not fear peak season surcharges because, quite simply, there is no traditional peak season in 2025.

Tendering in times of volatility – how can ocean container shippers achieve financial savings and supply chain resilience?

https://www.xeneta.com/blog/tendering-in-times-of-volatility-how-can-ocean-container-shippers-achieve-financial-savings-and-supply-chain-resilience

This blog will demonstrate the strategies shippers can adopt to identify opportunities – and risk – by assessing the contrasting landscape across four of the world’s ocean container trades:

The impact of container shipping costs on import and consumer prices

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/the-impact-of-container-shipping-costs-on-import-and-consumer-prices_957f0c0c-en.html

… container shipping cost shocks remain relevant for policy makers to consider, given continued very large price shocks.